📊 May 2026 Housing Market Snapshot🏡
Provided by Preferred Properties of Asheville & Canopy MLS
📍Asheville Region
Pending Sales: 1,068 ⬆️+ 18.7%
Closed Sales: 871 ⬆️+ 1.5%
Average Sales Price: $518,836 ⬆️+ 1.9%
Days on Market Until Sale: 83 ⬆️+ 36.1%
Average List Price: $689,521 ⬆️+ 12.6%
Inventory of Homes for Sale: 4,975 ⬆️+ [...]
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April 2026 Local Housing Market Statistics
ASHEVILLE CITY
Closed Sales: 161 ( + 3.9%)
Pending Sales: 202 ( + 33.8%)
Average List Price: $848,358 ( + 4.3%)
Average Sales Price: $674,950 ( + 6.4%)
Inventory of Homes for Sale: 783 ( + 8.4%)
Cumulative Days on Market Until Sale: 80 days ( + 63.3%)
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
Closed Sales: 306 ( + 9.7%)
Pending Sales: 357 ( + [...]
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May 2025 Housing Market Update
In Buncombe County, The City of Asheville, and the Asheville Region.
Buncombe County – May 2025 Summary
New Listings: Up 36.9% (698 homes) compared to May 2024.
Closed Sales: Down 20.6% (285 homes).
Average Sales Price: Dropped 11.1% to $611,124.
Inventory: Rose 81.1% to 1,518 homes for sale.
Months Supply of Inventory: Increased from 2.9 to 5.9 (up 103.4%). 6 months is considered a balanced [...]
Many sellers are anchored to 2021–2022 peak prices. That market is gone.
Median sale prices have softened or plateaued in parts of Buncombe. Price reductions are increasingly common, especially for homes over $700k.
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