Published November 1, 2026 in Market Update

More listings are giving Winston Salem buyers more room

By Helen Howard

Real estate, winston salem

The biggest shift in Winston Salem right now is simple: more homes are sitting on the market. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 1,062 homes for sale across Winston Salem in the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is up 16.6% from the same months of 2025. More choices for buyers means sellers have to work a little harder to stand out.

Nationally, Realtor.com reported that active listings topped 1.16 million homes in September 2026. Winston Salem is part of that same wave. More supply and a dip in sales means buyers have more room to breathe. For sellers, that means price and presentation matter more than they did a year ago.

How each Winston Salem neighborhood is reading

The numbers tell different stories street by street. Some parts of Winston Salem are still moving quickly. Others have slowed down noticeably. Here is how the seven ZIP codes compare.

Where things are tightest: 27104

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted just 2.3 months of supply in ZIP 27104 in the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is the lowest of any Winston Salem ZIP code in this period. Homes there sold in a median of 34 days. Nearly 3 in 10 homes, 26.9%, sold above list price. Sellers in 27104 still have real leverage, even as the wider market softens.

Where inventory has jumped most: 27101 and 27127

ZIP 27101 saw homes for sale climb 64.3% compared with the same months of 2025, according to the Real Estate Data Aggregator. At the same time, homes sold there fell 23.8%. That combination pushed months of supply to 5.9 in 27101, the highest of any ZIP code in this report. Median days on market rose to 46, which is 6 days longer than a year before.

In ZIP 27127, the Real Estate Data Aggregator counted homes for sale up 46.8% from 2025. Months of supply reached 4.7. The median sale price still rose 3.7% to $269,500, which is a small piece of good news for sellers there. But fewer homes sold, down 18.8%, and only 15.7% sold above list price.

A bright spot: 27105 prices climbed 15.8%

ZIP 27105 had the strongest price gain in Winston Salem. The Real Estate Data Aggregator put the median sale price there at $220,000 in the three months ending August 31, 2026, up 15.8% from the same months of 2025. Homes sold rose 8.6% too. Not every part of Winston Salem is cooling.

What the national picture adds

Realtor.com reported that mortgage rates climbed above 7% for the first time since January 2025. Rates that high make monthly payments harder to carry. Realtor.com also reported that price cuts hit 20.8% of listings nationally in September 2026, the highest share since October 2022. That tells you buyers across the country have more room to push back on price.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that U.S. house prices rose 2.4% from August 2025 to August 2026. Month over month, they rose 0.3% in August, seasonally adjusted. Prices are still moving up nationally, just more slowly.

Speed to contract: who is still moving fast

In ZIP 27103, the Real Estate Data Aggregator found that 43.7% of homes went under contract within two weeks of listing in the three months ending August 31, 2026. ZIP 27106 was close behind at 41.2%, and ZIP 27104 at 42.9%. Well-priced homes in these parts of Winston Salem are still finding buyers quickly.

These numbers cover the three months ending August 31, 2026. A single street in Winston Salem can tell a very different story from the ZIP code around it. If your home is on a block that has been moving faster or slower than the data above, I would love to hear from you.