Hilton Head Homes 2026 Market Report

HILTON HEAD AREA Market Overview information provided by Hilton Head MLS and Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors®

One-year change in closed sales -12.8% One-year change in Median Sales Price -7.3% One-year change in Months Supply -10%

U.S. existing-home sales declined 2.4% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million units, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). Regionally, sales increased in the Northeast but declined in the West, South, and Midwest. Compared to a year earlier, existing-home sales rose 2.8%, with gains in the Midwest, South, and West while remaining unchanged in the Northeast.

New Listings were down 9.4 percent to 523. Pending Sales increased 1.9 percent to 481. Inventory shrank 3.4 percent to 2,083 units.

Median Sales Price was down 7.3 percent to $510,000. Days on Market increased 28.9 percent to 125 days. Months Supply of Inventory was down 10.0 percent to 4.5 months.

Market Overview

Key market metrics for the current month and year-to-date figures.

Key Metrics

Historical Sparkbars

07-2025 07-2026 Percent Change

YTD 2025 YTD 2026 Percent Change

New Listings

523

4,597

577

- 9.4%

- 2.6%

4,720

7-2024

7-2025

7-2026

Pending Sales

481

3,500

472

+ 1.9% 3,330

+5.1%

7-2024

7-2025

7-2026

Closed Sales

484

3,273

555

- 12.8% 3,247

+0.8%

7-2024

7-2025

7-2026

Days on Market

125

132

+78.4%

97

+28.9% 74

7-2024

7-2025

7-2026

Median Sales Price

$550,000 $510,000

- 7.3% $555,000 $557,500

+ 0.5%

7-2024

7-2025

7-2026

Average Sales Price

$775,783 $740,200

- 4.6% $801,088 $822,568

+2.7%

7-2024

7-2025

7-2026

Pct. of List Price Received

97.2%

97.0%

97.4%

- 0.2% 97.5%

- 0.5%

7-2024

7-2025

7-2026

HILTON HEAD HOMES | 2026 3

Housing Affordability Index

67

61

- 3.2%

63

+6.3% 63

7-2024

7-2025

7-2026

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