Market reports · August 2026
High Point housing market, August 2026
The typical High Point-area home was worth $250,100 in August, up 0.1% from a year ago.
FHFA’s repeat-sales index for the Greensboro-High Point metro is up 4.9% over the year through Q2 2026.
Compiled by Carolina Expansion Partners from public data (Zillow, FHFA and Freddie Mac via FRED); questions to Nick Holliday at (336) 383-1319. Home values and rents are for High Point; the repeat-sales index covers the Greensboro-High Point metro.
- Typical home value
- $250,100
- +0.1% vs a year ago · Zillow (ZHVI), High Point · −0.1% vs last month
- Repeat-sales index
- +4.9%
- year over year · FHFA, Greensboro-High Point metro, Q2 2026
- Typical rent
- $1,372
- +3.2% vs a year ago · Zillow (ZORI), High Point, per month
- 30-year rate
- 6.66%
- national average, week of August 27 · Freddie Mac
Sales counts, inventory and days-on-market come from Redfin, whose public data currently runs through May 2026; they’ll return when it catches up.
No. 01
Typical home value, last 24 months
Zillow Home Value Index for High Point: 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 Q2 2021. Built from repeat sales and refinance appraisals of the same homes with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages. Latest quarter: Q2 2026; North Carolina +2.4% year over year.
No. 03
By town, August 2026
| Town | Typical value | Value vs. last year |
|---|---|---|
| JamestownGuilford Co. | $348,657 | +0.1% |
| TrinityRandolph Co. | $291,110 | +3.0% |
| ArchdaleRandolph Co. | $251,975 | +2.7% |
| High PointGuilford Co. | $250,100 | +0.1% |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index by city or town as Zillow defines it, August.
No. 04
30-year mortgage rate
6.66%
National average, week of August 27, 2026 · ±0.00 pts over 4 weeks
- 6.66%7/30
- 6.69%8/6
- 6.67%8/13
- 6.65%8/20
- 6.66%8/27
If you’re buying
- The national average 30-year fixed rate was 6.66% in the week of August 27.
- Zillow’s typical asking rent for High Point was $1,372 a month in August, up 3.2% from a year ago.
If you’re selling
- Zillow’s typical home value for High Point was down 0.1% from July to August.
- FHFA’s repeat-sales index for the Greensboro-High Point metro, which compares the same homes’ prices over time, was up 4.9% over the year through Q2 2026.
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.