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Greenville, SC housing market

Greenville, SC metro median sale price $344K in Jul–Sep 2026, down 0.5% year over year. Also days on market, price cuts, affordability and ZIP-code figures.

The median sale price in the Greenville, SC metro is $344K over Jul–Sep 2026, down 0.5% from the same 3 months a year earlier. The decline is steeper than in most of the 383 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro points the other way: up 3.3% through Q2 2026.

On median sale price, Greenville ($344K) ranks 4th of the eight South Carolina metros Pecan Street tracks, between Myrtle Beach ($351K) and Spartanburg ($288K). On median days on market, Greenville (65 days) ranks 6th of the eight South Carolina metros, between Spartanburg (66 days) and Charleston (63 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Greenville (37%) ranks 4th of the eight South Carolina metros, between Florence (38%) and Spartanburg (36%).

Listings spent a median 65 days on market in Oct 2026, more than in most of the 385 metros. 37% of active listings carry a price cut; the 3-month average vs a year earlier is 4.3 points lower. Median asking prices sit about 10% above the median sale price. Building permits authorized 483 new housing units in Sep 2026.

At the 7.12% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $1,854 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $79K a year. The median sale price equals about 16 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio down 10.9% from a year earlier. Active listings ask a median $193 per square foot; the 3-month average vs a year earlier is up 1.0%.

In seven of the 12 ZIP codes in the table below, median list prices are lower than a year earlier; five are higher.

Headline

Median sale price

Jul–Sep 2026

$344K

-0.5% year-over-year

How it’s calculated

Average of the last three monthly median sale prices vs. the same three months a year earlier.

Mortgage rate

Nov 4, 2026

7.12%

30-year fixed

Where it comes from

National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.

The same rate appears on every market page.

Monthly payment

Principal & interest

$1,854/mo

$79K/yr income needed

How it’s calculated

Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.

Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.

How Greenville compares to other U.S. metros

Asking-vs-sale gap↑59th of 300 (top 20%)
Home-price growth↓302nd of 383
Days on market↑150th of 385 (top 39%)
Price cuts159th of 385 (top 42%)
Price-to-rent157th of 373 (top 43%)

Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.

Affordability

Price-to-rent ratio≈ 16 -10.9% YoY
157th of 373 (top 43%)
Asking price / sq ft$193 +1.0% 3-month average vs a year earlier

Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Oct 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market pressure

Listings with a price cut≈ 37% -4.3 pts 3-month average vs a year earlier
159th of 385 (top 42%)
New housing units permitted483

The median asking price $379K runs about 10% above the median sale price $344K.

Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Oct 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Sep 2026. Asking is the median list price of active listings (Realtor.com, Oct 2026); sale is the headline median of recent closings (Redfin, Jul–Sep 2026) — distinct sources and windows, so the gap is a directional read, not a like-for-like difference. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market facts

ZIPs with listing data12 shown of 50
MLS board of record—
Price methodologyRedfin vs FHFA HPI
Sale-price windowJul–Sep 2026

Recent signals

No signals flagged for this market right now.

Housing Economy

Greenville · ConstructionCOPIED

Greenville builders pulled 1.8% fewer single-family permits than a year earlier

Single-family building permits in the Greenville metro area, by month, one line per year, units

AprJulOct4506007509001,05020252026
AprJulOct4506007509001,05020252026
2024
Chart data
Month202420252026
Dec454535—
Nov462469—
Oct585602—
Sep582591475
Aug647610546
Jul708578770
Jun677571858
May588785494
Apr806752610
Mar598593548
Feb799672660
Jan829620574

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey · data through September 2026

Builders in the Greenville metro area pulled 7,141 single-family permits in the twelve months through September 2026, 1.8% fewer than in the twelve months before. So far in 2026, permits are running 4.1% below the same months of 2025.

Why it matters. Permits come before starts, and starts come before new homes for sale, so this is the earliest read on how much new building is planned in the Greenville area. When the permit pipeline shrinks, buyers see fewer new-build options later; when it grows, sellers of existing homes face more competition from builders.

Greenville · Home pricesCOPIED

Greenville home prices are 3.3% higher than a year ago, the weakest gain since the fourth quarter of 2014

Home prices in the Greenville metro area, change from a year earlier, FHFA all-transactions index, quarterly, percent; shaded bars mark recessions

1990200020102020-10%0%10%20%30%Greenville
1990200020102020-10%0%10%20%30%Greenville
No changeRecession
Chart data
DateGreenville
Jun 20263.3%
Mar 20263.6%
Dec 20254.2%
Sep 20255.9%
Jun 20254.6%
Mar 20256%
Dec 20246%
Sep 20245.5%
Jun 20248.5%
Mar 20248%
Dec 20237.9%
Sep 20236.7%
Jun 20237.3%
Mar 202312%
Dec 202216.1%
Sep 202221.3%
Jun 202224%
Mar 202222.5%
Dec 202118.9%
Sep 202116.3%
Jun 202111.5%
Mar 20216.6%
Dec 20205.9%
Sep 20204.7%
Jun 20205.2%
Mar 20206.3%
Dec 20197.4%
Sep 20196.1%
Jun 20196.2%
Mar 20194.7%
Dec 20185.9%
Sep 20187.4%
Jun 20187.2%
Mar 20188%
Dec 20176.1%
Sep 20175.4%
Jun 20176%
Mar 20177%
Dec 20166.7%
Sep 20167.5%
Jun 20165%
Mar 20164.4%
Dec 20155.6%
Sep 20153.8%
Jun 20155.1%
Mar 20155.4%
Dec 20143.2%
Sep 20143.9%
Jun 20141.8%
Mar 20141.5%
Dec 20131.6%
Sep 20130.4%
Jun 20132.5%
Mar 20130.7%
Dec 2012-0.7%
Sep 20122.1%
Jun 20120.3%
Mar 2012-1.4%
Dec 2011-2.3%
Sep 2011-4.1%
Jun 2011-2.8%
Mar 2011-2.5%
Dec 2010-0.9%
Sep 2010-2.2%
Jun 2010-4.6%
Mar 2010-4%
Dec 2009-2.5%
Sep 20090.1%
Jun 2009-0.5%
Mar 20090.7%
Dec 20080.8%
Sep 20081.3%
Jun 20083.6%
Mar 20084.6%
Dec 20074.2%
Sep 20074.4%
Jun 20075.5%
Mar 20075.2%
Dec 20064.7%
Sep 20063.1%
Jun 20064%
Mar 20064.5%
Dec 20054.4%
Sep 20055.3%
Jun 20054.1%
Mar 20053.1%
Dec 20042.1%
Sep 20041.8%
Jun 20041.2%
Mar 20041.6%
Dec 20032.6%
Sep 20032.3%
Jun 20033.7%
Mar 20033.4%
Dec 20022.7%
Sep 20023.9%
Jun 20022.8%
Mar 20023.8%
Dec 20015.3%
Sep 20015.2%
Jun 20015.5%
Mar 20015.8%
Dec 20003.9%
Sep 20003.7%
Jun 20003.4%
Mar 20002.6%
Dec 19994.6%
Sep 19993.7%
Jun 19995%
Mar 19994.7%
Dec 19984.8%
Sep 19985.3%
Jun 19985.2%
Mar 19986.3%
Dec 19975.3%
Sep 19974.6%
Jun 19974.5%
Mar 19973.6%
Dec 19963.5%
Sep 19964.5%
Jun 19964.5%
Mar 19964.9%
Dec 19956.6%
Sep 19954.4%
Jun 19954.2%
Mar 19955%
Dec 19943.9%
Sep 19945.1%
Jun 19945.4%
Mar 19944.1%
Dec 19933.2%
Sep 19933%
Jun 19933.5%
Mar 19932.6%
Dec 19922.5%
Sep 19924%
Jun 19922.3%
Mar 19924%
Dec 19915.3%
Sep 19912.3%
Jun 19912.8%
Mar 19911.3%
Dec 19901%
Sep 19903.8%
Jun 19903.2%
Mar 19904.3%
Dec 19893%
Sep 19893.7%
Jun 19895.2%
Mar 19896%
Dec 19886.9%
Sep 19884.9%
Jun 19885.2%
Mar 19884.6%
Dec 19874.5%
Sep 19873.9%
Jun 19873.8%
Mar 19872.5%
Dec 19863.2%
Sep 19865.7%
Jun 19863.5%
Mar 19861.3%
Dec 19851.9%
Sep 19852.8%
Jun 19851.7%
Mar 19856.9%
Dec 19847.4%
Sep 19840.3%
Jun 19842.6%
Mar 19842.9%
Dec 198315.3%
Sep 19831.4%
Jun 19836.5%
Mar 1983-9.3%
Dec 1982-8.9%
Sep 1982-1.6%
Jun 1982-6%
Mar 198222.5%
Dec 19811.8%
Sep 198114.2%
Jun 198119.4%
Mar 19817.2%
Dec 19809.4%
Sep 198012.2%

Source: FHFA house price index; recession dates from NBER · data through Q2 2026

FHFA's all-transactions index for the Greenville metro area in the second quarter of 2026 was 3.3% above its level a year earlier. Since 1980, prices have risen an average of 4.5% a year. That is the weakest reading since the fourth quarter of 2014. Nationally, prices were 3.0% higher than a year earlier.

Why it matters. Long-run context shows how the latest change in Greenville home prices compares with the market's own history, including the recessions shaded on the chart. When appreciation slows, sellers have less room for a list price to run ahead of recent sales, and buyers feel less pressure to stretch to keep up; when it speeds up, the reverse holds: list prices can run ahead of recent sales and buyers compete harder.

Price reconciliation

amber · 3.8pp

Redfin (metro)

-0.5%

FHFA HPI · Q2 2026

+3.3%

Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (sale prices over the last 3 months) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.

Market dispatches

Citable market dispatches for Greenville → Latest dispatch: Jul 10, 2026.

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ZIP-level data

ZIPMedian list priceActive listingsNew listingsPrice reductionsDays on marketHome value
29605$364K↓231↑76↓88↓58↑$299K↑
29607$445K↑190↑80↓60↑59↑$386K↑
29609$450K↑141↑4444↑66↑$354K↑
29621$375K↓288↑88↑132↑72↑$314K↑
29625$297K↑182↑32↓80↑80↑$259K↑
29650$377K↓139↑3648↓50↑$369K↑
29651$400K↓257↑68↓108↑66↑$336K↑
29673$400K↑141↓44↓48↓78↑$302K↑
29680$400K↑145↑40↑60↑57↑$342K↑
29681$425K↓326↑100↑148↑52↑$402K↑
29687$365K↓211↑52↓88↓53↑$308K↑
29690$595K↓149↑48↑40↑62↑$356K↑

ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.