By Team Billy Harris | Howard Hanna Beverly Hanks | Brevard, NC | October 2026
Color is working its way down the ridges, the Parkway is full of leaf watchers on the weekends, and downtown Brevard is getting ready for Halloweenfest on October 24. October is when a lot of people fall for Transylvania County for the first time, and plenty of them start looking at listings before they head home.
Every month we pull the latest numbers from Canopy MLS and ShowingTime and tell you plainly what they mean for this county. September brought more sellers back to the market, closings that kept pace with last year, a year to date median that has not budged from $550,000, and buyer traffic that cooled once the summer visitors left. Here is the full picture.
It comes back to geography. Pisgah National Forest and the southern Blue Ridge wrap around much of the county, so there is only so much land to build on. Add the waterfalls, the trail systems, the Music Center, and a downtown people actually want to spend a Saturday in, and you get steady demand from Charlotte, Atlanta, Florida, and points north meeting a supply that cannot grow very fast.
That is also why one countywide number never tells the whole story. A cabin outside Rosman, a lake home at Lake Toxaway, a ridge lot near Cedar Mountain, and a bungalow a few blocks from Main Street in Brevard each have their own buyers and their own pace. Pricing one well means knowing that particular pocket of the county.
53 homes closed countywide in September, two fewer than last September, and year-to-date closings are up 5.3% at 395. The bigger shift came on the listing side. New listings rose to 58, up 13.7% from a year ago, after the pullback we described all summer. That was enough to move year-to-date new listings back ahead of last year's pace, up 0.8% after dipping just below it in August. Pending sales came in at 45, up 4.7% from last September and down from August's 54 as the summer rush wound down.
September 2026 at a glance: 58 new listings (up 13.7%), 53 closed sales (down 3.6%), median price $535,265 (up 23.0%), 303 active homes, 6.9 months of supply, 45 pending sales (up 4.7%)
Not in the way the headline suggests. The September median came in at $535,265, up 23% from a year ago, but last September's median was $435,000, an unusually low month that sat well below the rest of 2025. This year is being measured against a soft starting point. Compared to August's $550,000, the September median actually slipped a little.
The year-to-date median is $550,000, up 9.5% from $502,500 last year, and it has held at that level in our June, August, and September reports. When one month swings this hard, the year-to-date figure is the better read on where values actually are.
For most of 2026 the average sales price has trailed last year because fewer ultra high end homes were closing. September flipped that. The average came in at $802,313, up 28.5%, as more upper end homes closed than in September 2025. The year-to-date average is still down 9.1%, but that gap was 14% just a month ago.
It has leveled off. Active listings stand at 303, nearly identical to August's 305. That is up 5.2% from a year ago but well below June's high of 326. Months supply held at 6.9 for a second straight month, a bit below last September's 7.2. Even with more new listings coming on, inventory stayed flat, which tells us sales are absorbing the new supply for now.
ShowingTime counted 649 showings across the county in September, down 27.8% from August and 18.9% from last September. Some of that is the end of visitor season, but showings also ran below last fall, so the calendar does not explain all of it.
The softest range was $463,000 and up, where showings fell 33.4% from a year ago. Fewer homes in that range were being shown at all, so interest per listing dropped a more modest 15.2%. The strongest range was $319,000 to $462,999. Showings there rose 17.6%, and at 2.5 showings per listing it is the most competitive part of the market in Transylvania County right now.
September showings by price range: $319,000 to $462,999: 207 showings (up 17.6%), 2.5 per listing. $463,000 and up: 341 showings (down 33.4%), 2.0 per listing. Countywide: 649 showings (down 18.9%), 1.8 per listing.
If you price it from what is selling today, yes. Days on market until sale was 115 in September, the same as August and up from 66 a year ago. The year-to-date figure has crept up all year, from 86 days in June to 90 in August and 93 now. Sellers received 90.6% of their original list price in September, better than August's 88.9% but below last September's 91.5%.
What we see on the ground matches those numbers. Homes priced right from the first weekend are still going under contract on a reasonable timeline. Homes that start high tend to sit, and most of them end up adjusting anyway, just a few months and a few showings later. Current comparables matter far more than last spring's sales or a headline median.
It depends on your price range. Above $463,000, buyers have more choices and more room to negotiate than they did a year ago, and a home that has been listed for a couple of months often has a seller ready to talk. Between $319,000 and $462,999, it is a different story. That range is drawing the most attention per listing in the county, so the good ones still move quickly. If you are shopping there, have your financing settled before you start touring.
Through September, closed sales are up 5.3% and pending sales are up 5.2%, so more people are buying here than at this point in 2025. New listings are up just 0.8% after running well ahead of last year in the spring and sliding below it over the summer. List to close has stretched to 135 days from 112, and sellers are getting 91.2% of original list price compared to 93.2% a year ago.
Year to date through September 2026: 650 new listings (up 0.8%), 407 pending sales (up 5.2%), 395 closed sales (up 5.3%), median price $550,000 (up 9.5%), 93 average days on market, 91.2% of list price received
This time of year reminds us why so many people decide to make Transylvania County home. The views open up, the trails are at their best, and the pace slows down enough to really look at a property. We work in Brevard, Pisgah Forest, Rosman, Lake Toxaway, and Cedar Mountain every week, and the market right now rewards people who show up prepared, whether that means a seller with a realistic price or a buyer with a preapproval in hand.
If you are thinking about a move this winter or next spring, now is a good time to sit down together and look at what is actually selling on your street. We will walk you through the numbers and tell you what we would do in your shoes.
Wondering what your home would bring this fall, or which neighborhoods fit your budget? Call Team Billy Harris at 828-553-9666 or visit billyharrisnc.com.
Talk soon,
Team Billy Harris
828-553-9666 • billyharrisnc.com • Howard Hanna Beverly Hanks, Brevard NC
All data sourced from Canopy MLS, Inc. via the Canopy Realtor Association and ShowingTime, Asheville Region. Current as of October 5, 2026. Transylvania County, NC. Does not account for sale concessions or down payment assistance. Percent changes calculated using rounded figures; small sample sizes may produce larger swings. This report is for informational purposes and does not constitute financial or legal advice.
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