Published October 25, 2026 in Market Update

Winston Salem has more homes for sale, but contracts have slowed

By Helen Howard

Real estate, winston salem

The biggest change in Winston Salem right now is simple: more homes, fewer signed contracts. That means sellers need to price carefully and prepare their homes well.

These numbers cover the three months ending August 31, 2026.

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 1,062 homes for sale across Winston Salem, up 16.6% from the same period last year. At the same time, pending sales slipped 1.7% to 923. More supply, softer demand. That gap is what sellers feel right now.

Realtor.com reported that active listings topped 1.16 million homes nationally in September 2026. Winston Salem is part of that same pattern.

Realtor.com also reported that mortgage rates climbed above 7% for the first time since January 2025. That can slow buyers down, and it helps explain why contracts are softer.

Realtor.com noted that 20.8% of listings nationally took a price cut in September, the highest share since October 2022. Pricing right from day one matters more than it did a year ago.

How each Winston Salem ZIP code looks

The numbers are not the same everywhere in Winston Salem. Some ZIP codes are tighter. Some have more room to breathe.

Where inventory grew the most

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 92 homes for sale in ZIP 27101, up 64.3% from a year ago. That is the steepest rise in Winston Salem. Months of supply there reached 5.9, up 3.2 months from last year.

ZIP 27127 also saw a big jump. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 204 homes for sale there, up 46.8%. Months of supply rose to 4.7, up 2.1 months.

Where homes still move quickly

Not every Winston Salem ZIP code is slow. ZIP 27104 had a median of just 34 days on market, per the Real Estate Data Aggregator. That is the fastest of any ZIP code here.

ZIP 27104 also had 2.3 months of supply, the tightest in Winston Salem. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 145 homes sold there, up 14.2% from a year ago.

ZIP 27103 had 3.0 months of supply and a median sale price of $285,000, unchanged from a year ago, per the Real Estate Data Aggregator.

Prices: a mixed picture

Some Winston Salem ZIP codes saw prices rise. Others dipped a little. That is worth knowing before you pick a number.

ZIP 27105 had the biggest gain. The Real Estate Data Aggregator put the median sale price at $220,000, up 15.8% from a year ago. Pending sales there rose 5.6%.

ZIP 27106 saw the sharpest dip. The median sale price was $397,000, down 5.5%, per the Real Estate Data Aggregator. Still, homes there sold at 99.1% of list price, the highest ratio in Winston Salem.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that U.S. house prices rose 2.6% from July 2025 to July 2026. Several Winston Salem ZIP codes are keeping pace or doing better.

Above-list sales: still happening, but less often

Homes selling above list price are still happening in Winston Salem. But the share dropped in most ZIP codes.

In ZIP 27107, the share of homes that sold above list price fell 9.1 points to 17.2%, per the Real Estate Data Aggregator. In ZIP 27127, it fell 9.2 points to 15.7%.

ZIP 27104 bucked that trend. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 26.9% of homes selling above list there, up 2.5 points from a year ago.

Quick contracts: where buyers still move fast

The Real Estate Data Aggregator found that 43.7% of homes in ZIP 27103 went under contract within two weeks of listing. That is the highest share in Winston Salem.

ZIP 27106 was close behind at 41.2%, and ZIP 27104 at 42.9%. In ZIP 27105, that share fell 17.1 points to 23.4%. In ZIP 27107, it fell 20.5 points to 26.7%.

One street can read very differently from the whole ZIP code. The numbers above are a starting point, not the final word on your home.