Every few months, a new wave of headlines asks whether Orlando home prices are falling. As a residential appraiser working across Central Florida, I look at actual closed sale data every day: not predictions, not sentiment, not national trends. Here's what the numbers are telling us as of early 2026. Buyers Are Waking Up: But Cautiously After a slower end to 2025, buyer activity picked up in early 2026. That said, more buyers doesn't automatically mean prices are spiking. Man