Market reports · January 2026
Greensboro housing market, January 2026
The typical Greensboro-area home was worth $277,619 in January, up 0.1% from a year ago.
FHFA’s repeat-sales index for the Greensboro-High Point metro is up 4.0% over the year through Q4 2025. 489 homes sold across Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties in January, down 14.8% from a year earlier; 2,051 were for sale at the end of the month.
Compiled by Carolina Expansion Partners from public data (Zillow, FHFA and Freddie Mac via FRED, Redfin); questions to Nick Holliday at (336) 383-1319. Home values and rents are for Guilford County; the repeat-sales index covers the Greensboro-High Point metro; sale prices and days on market are for Guilford County, counts cover Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties.
- Typical home value
- $277,619
- +0.1% vs a year ago · Zillow (ZHVI), Guilford County · +0.1% vs last month
- Repeat-sales index
- +4.0%
- year over year · FHFA, Greensboro-High Point metro, Q4 2025
- Typical rent
- $1,386
- +2.6% vs a year ago · Zillow (ZORI), Guilford County, per month
- 30-year rate
- 6.10%
- national average, week of January 29 · Freddie Mac
- Median sale price (mix-sensitive)
- $292,000
- −3.9% vs a year ago · Redfin, Guilford County, January
- Homes sold
- 489
- −14.8% vs a year ago · Redfin, in January
- For sale
- 2,051
- +9.0% vs a year ago · Redfin, end of January
- Median days on market
- 54
- ±0 days vs a year ago · Redfin, list to contract
No. 01
Typical home value, last 24 months
Zillow Home Value Index for Guilford County: all homes, middle price tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted. The red line is the 6-month average.
No. 02
Same-home prices, last 5 years
FHFA All-Transactions House Price Index, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted; both lines set to 100 in Q4 2020. Built from repeat sales and refinance appraisals of the same homes with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages. Latest quarter: Q4 2025; North Carolina +3.3% year over year.
No. 03
Median sale price, last 24 months
Redfin, Guilford County, all residential property types, through January 2026. Monthly medians move with the mix of homes that happened to sell; the 12-month average smooths that out.
No. 04
Homes for sale vs. homes sold
Redfin, Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties, all residential property types, through January 2026.
No. 05
By town, January 2026
| Town | Typical value | Value vs. last year | Median sale | Sold | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GreensboroGuilford Co. | $264,712 | −0.2% | $273,750 | 190 | 52 |
| ReidsvilleRockingham Co. | $208,934 | −0.7% | $189,000 | 18 | 91 |
| GibsonvilleGuilford Co. | $305,068 | +1.1% | $300,000 | 13 | 94 |
| AsheboroRandolph Co. | $240,739 | +2.1% | $262,500 | 12 | 73 |
| SummerfieldGuilford Co. | $513,329 | +2.2% | $655,000 | 8 | 55 |
| EdenRockingham Co. | $150,832 | −4.5% | $140,000 | 8 | 110 |
| Oak RidgeGuilford Co. | $601,151 | +1.0% | $586,240 | 6 | 116 |
| WentworthRockingham Co. | $223,075 | +1.4% | $280,000 | 5 | 76 |
| StokesdaleRockingham Co. | $383,155 | +2.9% | $552,995 | 4 | 102 |
| LibertyRandolph Co. | $282,383 | +4.7% | $241,000 | 3 | 51 |
| FranklinvilleRandolph Co. | $226,716 | +4.2% | $210,000 | 3 | 48 |
| RamseurRandolph Co. | $224,457 | +3.8% | $216,000 | 2 | 57 |
| MayodanRockingham Co. | $157,454 | −2.6% | $122,500 | 2 | 63 |
| Pleasant GardenGuilford Co. | $311,666 | +3.1% | $275,000 | 1 | 15 |
| RandlemanRandolph Co. | $258,698 | +1.7% | $270,000 | 1 | 111 |
| MadisonRockingham Co. | $220,056 | −0.4% | $230,000 | 1 | 83 |
| StonevilleRockingham Co. | $215,977 | −1.3% | $144,000 | 1 | 190 |
| SedaliaGuilford Co. | $190,871 | +0.5% | $306,500 | 1 | 52 |
| WhitsettGuilford Co. | $320,087 | +0.1% | — | — | — |
| Browns SummitGuilford Co. | $303,026 | +0.3% | — | — | — |
| ClimaxRandolph Co. | $299,293 | +9.3% | — | — | — |
| Mc LeansvilleGuilford Co. | $292,935 | +1.2% | — | — | — |
| JulianGuilford Co. | $280,251 | +3.2% | — | — | — |
| SophiaRandolph Co. | $269,388 | +3.3% | — | — | — |
| StaleyRandolph Co. | $258,107 | +2.9% | — | — | — |
| SeagroveRandolph Co. | $202,501 | +5.5% | — | — | — |
| RuffinRockingham Co. | $201,933 | +0.3% | — | — | — |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index by city or town as Zillow defines it, January. Median sale, sold and days: Redfin, January, as Redfin defines each town; a median of a few sales says little (towns with fewer than 10 sales are not compared year over year).
No. 06
How homes sold, January 2026
- Sale-to-list
- 96.7%
- −0.9 pts vs a year ago · average
- Sold above list
- 13%
- −6.4 pts vs a year ago · share of sales
- Price drops
- 26%
- −2.7 pts vs a year ago · share of listings
- Months of supply
- 4.0
- +0.8 vs a year ago · at the recent sales pace
Redfin, Guilford County.
No. 07
30-year mortgage rate
6.10%
National average, week of January 29, 2026 · −0.05 pts over 4 weeks
- 6.15%12/31
- 6.16%1/8
- 6.06%1/15
- 6.09%1/22
- 6.10%1/29
If you’re buying
- The national average 30-year fixed rate was 6.10% in the week of January 29.
- Zillow’s typical asking rent for Guilford County was $1,386 a month in January, up 2.6% from a year ago.
- Homes in Guilford County spent a median 54 days on the market before going under contract in January.
- 26% of homes for sale had a price cut during January.
- On average, homes sold for 96.7% of their final list price.
If you’re selling
- Zillow’s typical home value for Guilford County was up 0.1% from December to January.
- FHFA’s repeat-sales index for the Greensboro-High Point metro, which compares the same homes’ prices over time, was up 4.0% over the year through Q4 2025.
- 13% of homes sold for more than their list price.
- There were 4.0 months of supply: how long the homes for sale would last at the recent pace of sales.
- 661 new listings came on the market in January, down 4.1% from a year earlier.
These are area-wide figures. A particular street, price range or home can differ; they are not a forecast or a valuation.
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Sources
- Data by Redfin, a national real estate brokerage. Redfin Data Center market tracker: sales, listings, inventory, days on market, sale-to-list and price drops.
- Zillow Research: Zillow Home Value Index. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI, typical home value) and Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI, typical asking rent).
- FHFA House Price Index via FRED. U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency, All-Transactions House Price Index for our metro areas and North Carolina (repeat sales of the same homes), retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Freddie Mac via FRED. Freddie Mac, 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the United States [MORTGAGE30US], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Public data only. These reports use no Triad MLS data; listing figures on our market pages are separate. Sources revise past months and quarters, so figures here can change after publication. Numbers describe homes and sales, not the people who buy or live in them.