WV · Metro #192

Charleston - WV housing market

The Charleston metro has a typical home value of $147,562, down 0.8% from a year ago. Homes sell in 22 days on average - a balanced market. 21% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$147,562
-0.8% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$163,657
-0.7% YoY
Median list price
$171,267
Sale-to-list ratio
95.2%
Selling below ask
Days on market
22d
Listings w/ price cut
20.9%
New listings / mo
164
-2.4% YoY
Homes for sale
590
+7.5% YoY
Typical rent
$1,184/mo
+6.4% YoY
Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($147,562) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Charleston - WV metro area , a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are down 0.8% over the past year. A home worth $148,752 last year is now worth roughly $147,562.

The median sale price , what homes actually close for , is $163,657. Homes are selling at 95.2% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Charleston - WV sit on the market for roughly 22 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 20.9% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 164 new listings hit the market each month in Charleston - WV. There are currently 590 homes for sale, up 7.5% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Charleston - WV is $1,184, up 6.4% year over year. For investors, the price-to-rent ratio here is roughly 10x annual rent.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

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