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 -0.2% One-year change in Median Sales Price +1.5% One-year change in Months Supply -8.3%

U.S. existing-home sales fell 2.0% from the previous month and 1.2% from a year earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.98 million, the first reading below 4 million since June 2025, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). Sales held steady in the West and declined in the Northeast, Midwest, and South. Compared with a year earlier, sales were unchanged in the South and declined in the Northeast, Midwest, and West.

New Listings were down 35.7 percent to 441. Pending Sales decreased 16.3 percent to 427. Inventory shrank 6.5 percent to 2,015 units.

Median Sales Price was up 1.5 percent to $535,000. Days on Market decreased 6.9 percent to 121 days. Months Supply of Inventory was down 8.3 percent to 4.4 months.

Market Overview

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

Key Metrics

Historical Sparkbars

09-2025 09-2026 Percent Change

YTD 2025 YTD 2026 Percent Change

New Listings

441

5,705

686

- 35.7%

- 4.5%

5,974

9-2024

9-2025

9-2026

Pending Sales

427

4,367

510

- 16.3% 4,266

+ 2.4%

9-2024

9-2025

9-2026

Closed Sales

461

4,213

462

- 0.2% 4,202

+ 0.3%

9-2024

9-2025

9-2026

Days on Market

121

131

+ 52.3%

130

- 6.9% 86

9-2024

9-2025

9-2026

Median Sales Price

$527,083 $535,000

+ 1.5% $550,065 $550,000

- 0.0%

9-2024

9-2025

9-2026

Average Sales Price

$836,522 $830,580

- 0.7% $796,234 $825,144

+ 3.6%

9-2024

9-2025

9-2026

Pct. of List Price Received

97.1%

97.1%

97.0%

+ 0.1% 97.4%

- 0.3%

9-2024

9-2025

9-2026

HILTON HEAD HOMES | 2026 3

Housing Affordability Index

61

59

69

- 11.6% 66

- 10.6%

9-2024

9-2025

9-2026

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