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Spartanburg - SC housing market

The Spartanburg metro has a typical home value of $274,802, up 1.1% from a year ago. Homes are sitting 41 days on average, buyers have negotiating room. 32% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$274,802
+1.1% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$264,734
+2.2% YoY
Median list price
$304,967
Sale-to-list ratio
97.7%
Selling below ask
Days on market
41d
Listings w/ price cut
31.7%
New listings / mo
421
+8.5% YoY
Homes for sale
1,831
+24.7% YoY
Typical rent
$1,475/mo
+2.2% YoY
Income needed to buy
$80,000
Rent vs buy
15.5x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

Spartanburg housing market, October 2026

The typical Spartanburg home is worth $274,802 as of September 2026, down 0.1% from the prior month, down 0.4% over three months, and up 1.1% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $267,734 to $276,865.

Homes are going pending in about 41 days, slower than the 31 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,831 homes for sale, 25% more than a year ago. 31.7% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 31.2% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,475 a month, up 2.2% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 15.5.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($54,960), the typical Spartanburg home costs about $1,866 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $80,000 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$277k$268kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
45d20dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.8k1.2kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($274,802) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Spartanburg - SC 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 1.1% over the past year. In Spartanburg - SC, that means a home worth $271,812 last year is now worth roughly $274,802.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $264,734. Homes are selling at 97.7% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Spartanburg - SC sit on the market for roughly 41 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 31.7% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 421 new listings hit the market each month in Spartanburg - SC. There are currently 1,831 homes for sale, up 24.7% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Spartanburg - SC is $1,475, up 2.2% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 15.5x, toss-up (#136 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,522 a month in principal and interest, $47 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 7.08% rate.

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.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in SC

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Greenville - SC$312,032 +1.4% 34.0d
Columbia - SC$252,979 +1.6% 32.0d
Charleston - SC$437,474 -0.2% 59.0d
Myrtle Beach - SC$339,738 +0.6% 56.0d
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