Fewest New Listings Since March, Highest Median Ask: The 22–28 August Window
AutoBridge showed 1,336 new passenger-car sale advertisements dated 22–28 August in Georgia, 18.9% fewer than the same dates in July and the smallest calendar-equal cohort since March. Their $14,050 median asking price was the highest in the six-window series.
Calendar-equal 22–28 windows, March–August
Passenger-car advertisements dated the 22nd–28th of each month.
A thinner week
Counting the same seven calendar days of each month keeps the comparison consistent. AutoBridge recorded 1,336 passenger-car advertisements dated 22–28 August, down from 1,648 in July and 1,990 at the June peak.
August was 312 advertisements below July, a decline of 18.9%, and 654 below June. It also fell below March's 1,392, making this the smallest of the six directly comparable windows.
A thinner week
Counting the same seven calendar days of each month keeps the comparison consistent. AutoBridge recorded 1,336 passenger-car advertisements dated 22–28 August, down from 1,648 in July and 1,990 at the June peak.
August was 312 advertisements below July, a decline of 18.9%, and 654 below June. It also fell below March's 1,392, making this the smallest of the six directly comparable windows.
Calendar-equal 22–28 windows, March–August
Passenger-car advertisements dated the 22nd–28th of each month.
Budget and premium share of window flow
Share below $10,000 and at $25,000 or above in each calendar-equal window.
But a pricier one
The median asking price moved in the opposite direction. It reached $14,050, $250 above July and $50 above March's previous series high.
Price-band composition shifted at both ends:
- advertisements below $10,000 fell to 27.3%, from 29.9% in July and the lowest share in the series;
- advertisements at $25,000 and above rose to 20.4%, from 18.7% in July, while remaining below June's 23.7% high.
The smaller August cohort therefore carried fewer budget advertisements and a moderately larger premium share than July. Those composition changes help explain the higher median; equivalent-car comparisons still depend on make, model, year, condition, mileage, and customs status.
But a pricier one
The median asking price moved in the opposite direction. It reached $14,050, $250 above July and $50 above March's previous series high.
Price-band composition shifted at both ends:
- advertisements below $10,000 fell to 27.3%, from 29.9% in July and the lowest share in the series;
- advertisements at $25,000 and above rose to 20.4%, from 18.7% in July, while remaining below June's 23.7% high.
The smaller August cohort therefore carried fewer budget advertisements and a moderately larger premium share than July. Those composition changes help explain the higher median; equivalent-car comparisons still depend on make, model, year, condition, mileage, and customs status.
Budget and premium share of window flow
Share below $10,000 and at $25,000 or above in each calendar-equal window.
The uncleared share fell
Among the target window's advertisements, 51.9% awaited customs clearance. That was the lowest share in the six-window series and 6.2 percentage points below July's 58.1%.
The advertised cohort's median model year was 2020 and its median mileage was 85,000 km. The model year matched June and July, while the mileage midpoint was the lowest of the six windows. The August cohort was therefore smaller, relatively less concentrated in uncleared cars, and lower-mileage at the midpoint.
The stock behind the flow
At the 31 August reading, the wider advertised market contained 15,202 passenger cars with a $14,000 median asking price. Its uncleared share was 56.1%, its median model year was 2020, and its median mileage was 93,000 km.
The target window's price midpoint sat $50 above the wider advertised market, while its uncleared share was 4.2 percentage points lower. Flow and stock are different views: the window describes advertisements dated 22–28 August, while the stock reading describes the market available on 31 August.
Reading the figures
Prices are sellers' advertised asking prices. The series compares the 22nd–28th dates of every month from March through August, giving each month the same seven-day calendar band. Repeated windows provide the basis for identifying persistent movement; this report records one current window.
AutoBridge passenger-car advertisements in the 22nd–28th windows, March–August 2026; prices are sellers' advertised asking prices.
Methodology
AutoBridge advertised passenger-car market in calendar-equal 22nd–28th windows; prices are sellers' asking prices.
Six windows with 1,336–1,990 advertisements each, 10,154 in total, plus the 31 August advertised-market reading of 15,202 cars.
22–28 March through 22–28 August 2026; advertised-market reading on 31 August 2026.