WV · Metro #192

Charleston - WV housing market

The Charleston metro has a typical home value of $154,252, up 1.0% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 10 days on market, a strong seller's market. 22% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$154,252
+1.0% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$166,012
-2.9% YoY
Median list price
$179,991
Sale-to-list ratio
95.5%
Selling below ask
Days on market
10d
Listings w/ price cut
21.9%
New listings / mo
214
+1.4% YoY
Homes for sale
625
+7.2% YoY
Typical rent
$1,300/mo
+5.1% YoY
Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($154,252) 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 up 1.0% over the past year. In Charleston - WV, that means a home worth $152,725 last year is now worth roughly $154,252.

The median sale price , what homes actually close for , is $166,012. Homes are selling at 95.5% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Charleston - WV sit on the market for roughly 10 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 21.9% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 214 new listings hit the market each month in Charleston - WV. There are currently 625 homes for sale, up 7.2% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Charleston - WV is $1,300, up 5.1% 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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