Market reports · May 2026
Winston-Salem housing market, May 2026
The typical Winston-Salem-area home was worth $285,317 in May, up 1.3% from a year ago.
FHFA’s repeat-sales index for the Winston-Salem metro is up 3.1% over the year through Q1 2026. 746 homes sold across Forsyth, Davidson and Stokes counties in May, down 6.0% from a year earlier; 2,251 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 Justin Rini at (336) 733-6205. Home values and rents are for Forsyth County; the repeat-sales index covers the Winston-Salem metro; sale prices and days on market are for Forsyth County, counts cover Forsyth, Davidson and Stokes counties.
- Typical home value
- $285,317
- +1.3% vs a year ago · Zillow (ZHVI), Forsyth County · −0.3% vs last month
- Repeat-sales index
- +3.1%
- year over year · FHFA, Winston-Salem metro, Q1 2026
- Typical rent
- $1,534
- +3.2% vs a year ago · Zillow (ZORI), Forsyth County, per month
- 30-year rate
- 6.53%
- national average, week of May 28 · Freddie Mac
- Median sale price (mix-sensitive)
- $315,000
- +1.6% vs a year ago · Redfin, Forsyth County, May
- Homes sold
- 746
- −6.0% vs a year ago · Redfin, in May
- For sale
- 2,251
- +7.5% vs a year ago · Redfin, end of May
- Median days on market
- 35
- +1 day vs a year ago · Redfin, list to contract
No. 01
Typical home value, last 24 months
Zillow Home Value Index for Forsyth 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 Q1 2021. Built from repeat sales and refinance appraisals of the same homes with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages. Latest quarter: Q1 2026; North Carolina +2.6% year over year.
No. 03
Median sale price, last 24 months
Redfin, Forsyth County, all residential property types, through May 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, Forsyth, Davidson and Stokes counties, all residential property types, through May 2026.
No. 05
By town, May 2026
| Town | Typical value | Value vs. last year | Median sale | Sold | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston-SalemForsyth Co. | $264,642 | +0.9% | $299,900 | 291 | 35 |
| KernersvilleForsyth Co. | $321,572 | +1.7% | $293,000 | 35 | 38 |
| ThomasvilleDavidson Co. | $240,027 | +2.9% | $255,000 | 31 | 47 |
| ClemmonsForsyth Co. | $387,622 | +1.2% | $381,000 | 28 | 34 |
| LexingtonDavidson Co. | $274,204 | +6.0% | $276,997 | 25 | 32 |
| LewisvilleForsyth Co. | $405,468 | +1.0% | $397,000 | 23 | 43 |
| KingStokes Co. | $279,511 | +5.7% | $280,000 | 14 | 52 |
| WalkertownForsyth Co. | $271,790 | +3.0% | $289,900 | 5 | 33 |
| TobaccovilleForsyth Co. | $272,150 | +3.7% | $265,000 | 4 | 24 |
| MidwayDavidson Co. | — | — | $322,450 | 4 | 61 |
| Rural HallForsyth Co. | $274,565 | +2.3% | $262,000 | 3 | 32 |
| WelcomeDavidson Co. | — | — | $427,500 | 3 | 28 |
| DentonDavidson Co. | $269,672 | +10.0% | $830,000 | 2 | 171 |
| Walnut CoveStokes Co. | $242,085 | +10.1% | $237,000 | 2 | 195 |
| WallburgDavidson Co. | — | — | $737,500 | 2 | 141 |
| PinnacleStokes Co. | $289,966 | +9.8% | $238,500 | 1 | 30 |
| DanburyStokes Co. | $243,121 | +9.8% | $320,000 | 1 | 42 |
| Belews CreekForsyth Co. | $356,849 | +5.7% | — | — | — |
| BethaniaForsyth Co. | $290,711 | +5.6% | — | — | — |
| GermantonStokes Co. | $272,206 | +7.6% | — | — | — |
| LinwoodDavidson Co. | $271,489 | +7.2% | — | — | — |
| LawsonvilleStokes Co. | $260,157 | +12.0% | — | — | — |
| Sandy RidgeStokes Co. | $235,335 | +12.8% | — | — | — |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index by city or town as Zillow defines it, May. Median sale, sold and days: Redfin, May, 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, May 2026
- Sale-to-list
- 98.8%
- −0.2 pts vs a year ago · average
- Sold above list
- 26%
- −5.4 pts vs a year ago · share of sales
- Price drops
- 32%
- +3.1 pts vs a year ago · share of listings
- Months of supply
- 3.0
- +0.5 vs a year ago · at the recent sales pace
Redfin, Forsyth County.
No. 07
30-year mortgage rate
6.53%
National average, week of May 28, 2026 · +0.23 pts over 4 weeks
- 6.30%4/30
- 6.37%5/7
- 6.36%5/14
- 6.51%5/21
- 6.53%5/28
If you’re buying
- The national average 30-year fixed rate was 6.53% in the week of May 28.
- Zillow’s typical asking rent for Forsyth County was $1,534 a month in May, up 3.2% from a year ago.
- Homes in Forsyth County spent a median 35 days on the market before going under contract in May.
- 32% of homes for sale had a price cut during May.
- On average, homes sold for 98.8% of their final list price.
If you’re selling
- Zillow’s typical home value for Forsyth County was down 0.3% from April to May.
- FHFA’s repeat-sales index for the Winston-Salem metro, which compares the same homes’ prices over time, was up 3.1% over the year through Q1 2026.
- 26% of homes sold for more than their list price.
- There were 3.0 months of supply: how long the homes for sale would last at the recent pace of sales.
- 906 new listings came on the market in May, down 4.6% 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.