Going to auction puts this much more in your pocket
A buyer factors the premium into what they bid, so the hammer price is not the same number the property would fetch with no premium attached. That is exactly why this compares net proceeds, not headline price. The seller keeps 100% of the hammer, and the break-even above is usually far lower than an agent expects.
County figures are June 2026 market data (pulled July 1, 2026). The pricing model — median % of original ask by days on market — is a Greater Nashville regional figure from 3,337 closed sales across Davidson, Williamson, Sumner, Wilson and Robertson counties, April–July 2026, and is applied to every county until county-level curves are pulled directly from RealTracs. Estimates only. Concession incidence — 75.5% of Nashville sellers gave a concession in the three months to May 2026, the highest of 28 major metros (Redfin) — is sourced; the concession amount is an adjustable assumption, as no reliable median is published.