Saluda, NC 28773 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 88
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Home Value
$372,232
−0.8% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
88
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
6.6 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
72 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
25%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
95.4%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
37%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
50%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$140
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 50% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are down 0.8% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 8% below the 2017-19 norm and falling (−27% vs. a year ago), close to pre-pandemic levels.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (88/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 4.6% below their final list price; 25% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 37% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $87k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,357 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $140 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. No clear direction: likely −8% to +9% over the next 12 months (60% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
No clear direction
A rise is somewhat more likely than a fall, but not by enough to call. Likely change: −7.8% to +8.5% (80% range; middle estimate +1.5%), chance of a rise 60%, of a 5%+ drop 17%.
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