The Greenville housing market in November 2026

Zillow's home value index rose again in September 2026: up 1.4% over the year for the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro and 1.6% for Greenville County. Closed-sale prices also rose, 4.0% for the metro and 3.1% for the county through August, which reverses the county's single month of year-over-year decline that the October report flagged. Inventory kept growing and listings kept sitting longer. Laurens, the one town in this report's nine-town list that had lost value for two straight reads, turned positive.

The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro is four counties: Anderson, Greenville, Laurens and Pickens. Spartanburg is its own metro and never appears in a figure labelled Greenville, though the city of Spartanburg appears in the town section because the team works there.

Are home prices in the Greenville area still going up?

Yes, on both measures this report tracks, though the county's closed-sale number moved more than usual between reads. Zillow's home value index for Greenville County was $336,744 in September 2026, up 1.6% from a year earlier. The county's median closed-sale price was $356,467 in August 2026, up 3.1% on the year, a reversal from the 0.42% year-over-year decline the October report printed for July.

The metro told a steadier story. Zillow's home value index for the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro was $312,032 in September 2026, up 1.4%, and its median closed-sale price was $322,563 in August, up 4.0%. Realtor.com's asking prices, which have not updated since the October report, still show $382,450 for the metro and $400,000 for the county as of September, both down from a year earlier.

Part of the swing is the data itself moving: this pull's history now shows July's county closed-sale price at $357,765, not the $363,450 October printed, and July's metro figure revised from $335,500 to $325,654. Zillow's seasonally adjusted series gets revised as later closings are reported, so one month reading negative and the next reading positive is partly the data catching up to itself, not only the market moving. This report still prints no Greenville city median sale price: Redfin and Zillow draw the city limits so differently that their figures disagree sharply, in size and in direction.

How much has housing inventory grown in the Greenville area?

It kept growing, though more slowly than earlier in the fall. Zillow counted 4,684 homes for sale in the metro in September 2026, up from 4,674 in August. Greenville County had 2,668, essentially flat against August's 2,670. Realtor.com's active listing count, a separate count with its own methodology, has not moved since the October report: still 4,352 for the metro and 2,479 for the county, both as of September, since no newer Realtor.com release landed between the two pulls.

More listings give buyers more to choose from, which is usually the first pressure that shows up before price growth slows. Behind both counts sits the same population this report has cited since July: 1,014,101 in the metro and 583,125 in the county, both as of 1 July 2025. The Census Bureau has not published a newer estimate.

How many more days are homes sitting on the market in Greenville now?

More. Zillow's median days to pending, the time from listing to a signed contract, reached 34 days in the metro in September 2026, up from 31 in August and 27 in July. Greenville County's median days to pending was 32, up from 28.

Realtor.com and Redfin count a longer stretch: listing to the day the house actually leaves the market, which includes the weeks spent in escrow. That count, 62 days for the metro and 59 for the county, has not changed since the October report, because Realtor.com's data via FRED still stops at September 2026, the same month the last report already used. A listing sitting longer almost always shows up before a price cut does, which is one reason days on market is worth tracking even when a price line still looks flat.

Is the Greenville area's unemployment rate still rising?

No, not this month. The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro's unemployment rate was 3.3% in September 2026, not seasonally adjusted, down from 3.9% in August, which itself had risen from 3.7% in July. This rate carries no seasonal adjustment, and September often reads lower than August in this series regardless of the underlying economy, so one month's dip is not a clean signal either way.

Did Laurens home values recover this year?

Laurens turned positive this read, the first time in the three most recent reports. Zillow's home value index for Laurens was $196,013 in September 2026, up 0.3% from a year earlier, after reporting declines of 1.5% in the September report and 0.6% in October. Laurens remains the smallest of the nine towns this report tracks and the one with the fewest sales behind its figures, so a single month's swing carries more weight there than it would in a larger market.

Among the other eight, Easley still leads on year-over-year gain at $320,721, up 2.0%, with Clemson close behind at $410,902, up 1.9%, still the highest typical value of the nine. Greenville was $328,460, up 1.6%, and Simpsonville $377,501, up 1.3%. Travelers Rest was $357,256, up 1.5%, Mauldin $295,313, up 1.4%, Anderson $269,695, up 0.9%, and Spartanburg, in its own metro area, $229,696, up 0.5%.

Carlos's take

For a buyer, the number that matters is the one in your town and price band, not the county average. Mauldin still has the tightest supply of the nine towns at 59 homes for sale against the metro's own growing list. When a listing has sat past the county's typical 59 days, we usually ask for closing costs or a repair credit alongside a lower offer.

For a seller, this report's county price swing is a reminder not to lean too hard on any single month. We price off what has actually closed nearby in the last few weeks, not off one month's year-over-year number in either direction, and we expect a listing to take longer than it would have a year ago.

This report's honest limit has not changed: Zillow's figures lag to August for closed sales and September for the index, Realtor.com has not released a newer month than October already used, and Redfin's public site would not load at all this pull, so every Redfin figure above is still from May 2026. None of this prices a specific house. Ask us for a comparative analysis on the address before you sign anything. The buyer page and the seller page explain how we work each side.