More homes for sale are giving buyers more room in this market
The biggest shift in this market right now is supply. More homes are available in most ZIP codes. That means buyers have more to compare, and sellers need to price with care.
These numbers cover the three months ending August 31, 2026. Rates are as of October 8, 2026.
Rates are high. That is the backdrop.
Freddie Mac put the average 30-year fixed rate at 7.40% as of October 8, 2026. That is real pressure on what buyers can afford. It has not stopped sales in most parts of this market, but it shapes every decision.
Nationally, the National Association of Realtors counted 4.9 months of supply, the highest level in over ten years. This market is below that in most ZIP codes, but the direction is the same: more homes, more choice.
Inventory: the big story ZIP by ZIP
The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 99 homes for sale in ZIP 27282 in the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is up 175% from the same months of 2025. No other ZIP code in this market came close to that jump.
ZIP 27012 saw homes for sale rise 37.8%, to 153. ZIP 27407 rose 33.3%, to 140. ZIP 27406 rose 23.1%, to 133. ZIP 27031 rose 22.6%, to 228. ZIP 27410 rose 22%, to 211. Not every ZIP followed that path. ZIP 27377 fell 44.2%, and ZIP 27284 fell 18.2%.
What more supply means for sellers
More supply almost always means more days on the market. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted a median of 45 days in ZIP 27282, up 12 days from a year before. ZIP 27012 came in at 47 days, up 9 days. ZIP 27406 was 44 days, up 10 days.
ZIP 28202 is the outlier. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted a median of 127 days there, up 67 days from a year ago. Months of supply in that ZIP reached 9.5, up 2.9 months. That is a very different pace from the rest of this market.
Homes still sell. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 83 sales in ZIP 27282, up 22.1% from a year before. ZIP 27406 sold 128 homes, up 8.5%. ZIP 27407 sold 118, up 9.3%. More supply did not stop buyers from buying.
Prices: mixed, not collapsed
Some prices dipped a little. The Real Estate Data Aggregator put the median sale price in ZIP 27284 at $335,000, down 4.3%. ZIP 27012 came in at $421,000, down 3.8%. ZIP 28204 was $752,500, down 12%. ZIP 28202 fell 27.8%, to $344,250.
Others held or rose. ZIP 27282 reached $398,000, up 15.4%. ZIP 27406 hit $285,000, up 14%. ZIP 28031 came in at $615,000, up 13.9%. ZIP 28203 was $745,000, up 2.8%.
How fast are homes going under contract?
Speed varies a lot by ZIP. The Real Estate Data Aggregator found that 46% of homes in ZIP 27407 went under contract within two weeks of listing. That is up 6.5 points from a year before. ZIP 28105 was at 42%, though that was down 11.2 points.
ZIP 28202 is at the other end. Only 2% of homes there went under contract within two weeks, down 26.3 points. ZIP 28204 was at 19.1%, down 41.8 points. Those two ZIPs are telling a very different story.
Sale price vs. list price: sellers are still close
Even with more supply, sellers are getting close to their asking price. The Real Estate Data Aggregator put the average sale-to-list ratio at 99.1% in ZIP 27284 and 99.1% in ZIP 28105. ZIP 28202 was the lowest at 95.6%, down 2.2 points.
Fewer homes are selling above list than a year ago in most ZIPs. In ZIP 28204, that share fell 15 points, to 4.2%. In ZIP 28202, it fell to 0%. In ZIP 27282, it fell 4.8 points, to 8.4%. Bidding wars are less common now.
Months of supply: a useful benchmark
Months of supply tells you how long it would take to sell every home at the current pace. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 9.5 months in ZIP 28202, by far the highest. ZIP 28204 was at 6 months. Most other ZIPs sat between 2.1 and 4.8 months.
ZIP 27201: a note
The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted just 1 home for sale and 1 new listing in ZIP 27201 for the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is too small a sample to draw conclusions. Watch this ZIP over time.
What this means for you
If you are selling, more competition means pricing matters more than it did a year ago. Homes are still selling, but buyers are comparing more carefully.
If you are buying, more inventory means more options. Realtor.com reported active listings up 6.7% nationally from a year ago as of October 8, 2026. This market is seeing similar movement in many ZIPs.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported U.S. house prices up 0.3% from the previous month in July, seasonally adjusted. Prices have not dropped broadly, but the pace has cooled.
- Inventory is up in most of this market.
- Days on the market are a little longer in most ZIPs.
- Prices are mixed: some up, some down a little.
- Homes are still selling, and most sellers are getting close to their asking price.
- ZIP 28202 and ZIP 28204 are moving much more slowly than the rest.
- One street can read very differently from the whole ZIP code.
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Text me- Real Estate Data Aggregator numbers for ZIPs 27282, 27201, 27410, 27407, 27284, 27357, 27012, 27377, 27406, 27302, 28206, 28205, 28204, 28203, 28202, 28105 and 28031, the three months ending August 31, 2026, compared with the same months of 2025. Real Estate Data Aggregator last updated them on Oct 7, 2026.
- Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates, read Oct 10, 2026
- National Association of Realtors: Existing-Home Sales, read Oct 10, 2026
- Redfin: One in Five Home Sellers Cut Prices as Buyer’s Market Persists, Sep 30, 2026
- Realtor.com: Weekly Housing Trends: U.S. Market Update (Week Ending Oct. 3, 2026), Oct 8, 2026
- CNBC: High mortgage rates are trapping homeowners in place, and making renovations harder to afford, Oct 3, 2026
- Federal Housing Finance Agency: FHFA House Price Index® Up 0.3 Percent in July; Up 2.6 Percent from Last Year | FHFA, Sep 29, 2026
- No Real Estate Data Aggregator numbers for 28201, so this part is from websites alone.
- No Real Estate Data Aggregator numbers for 28106, so this part is from websites alone.