The city of Greenville posted a median sale price of $410,000 in September, down from August’s $450,000. Read on its own, that looks like a cooling market. Price per square foot, the steadier measure, actually rose slightly, from $205 to $208, and homes sold faster, in 43 days on average against 47 in August. A lower median with a firmer price per square foot usually means the mix of homes sold shifted smaller, not that values fell.
That pattern, a median moving one way while price per square foot moves another, shows up across the nine Upstate areas we track every month from the MLS. Here is September compared with our August update.
September at a glance
| Area | Median sale price | Price per sq ft | Average days on market | Homes sold | Active Oct. 2 | Months of supply | Resale price per sq ft, year over year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | $410,000 | $208 | 43 | 197 | 801 | 3.9 | +2.3% |
| Simpsonville | $415,750 | $171 | 43 | 118 | 455 | 3.9 | +1.1% |
| Greer | $418,500 | $194 | 51 | 96 | 333 | 3.9 | +5.8% |
| Easley | $325,000 | $163 | 52 | 53 | 206 | 3.0 | −7.2% |
| Fountain Inn | $355,900 | $155 | 73 | 72 | 169 | 3.1 | +0.5% |
| Taylors | $356,250 | $186 | 36 | 34 | 161 | 3.7 | −1.5% |
| Travelers Rest | $531,020 | $229 | 55 | 33 | 145 | 4.8 | +5.3% |
| Five Forks | $527,341 | $183 | 32 | 28 | 119 | 4.1 | −1.9% |
| Mauldin | $325,000 | $173 | 29 | 8 | 12 | 1.2 | +9.4% |
Based on information from the Multiple Listing Service of Greenville, South Carolina, Inc., covering homes sold in September 2026 as reported by October 2; active listings were counted October 2, 2026. Mauldin's median price, price per square foot and days on market cover July through September 2026.
The clearest reversal: Taylors
Taylors is the month’s biggest change of direction. In July we reported resale values there up 7.0% year over year, and in August the gain was still 5.8%. In September that same comparison turned negative, down 1.5%. Days on market also dropped sharply, from 54 in August to 36 in September, so homes are not sitting, they are simply trading at prices closer to last year’s than the summer’s pace suggested. One month is not a trend on its own, and we will watch Taylors closely before saying more, but it is the area where the story changed the most.
Travelers Rest flips the other way
Travelers Rest moved in the opposite direction. Its year over year resale figure had been slightly negative for two months straight, down 0.8% in August. In September it turned positive, up 5.3%, even as the median sale price fell from $582,500 to $531,020. Price per square foot, the more reliable read, held essentially flat at $229 against $227 the month before. Travelers Rest also carries the most supply of the nine areas, 4.8 months, so buyers there still have room to shop.
Mauldin and Easley are moving in opposite directions
Mauldin remains the tightest market we track, at 1.2 months of supply with only 12 houses for sale on October 2. Its year over year gain accelerated to 9.4%, the strongest of any area this month, up from 4.9% in August. A market this thin rewards a buyer who is ready to move the moment a listing fits.
Easley sits at the other end. Its resale price per square foot is down 7.2% from a year earlier, the softest reading of the nine areas and a wider gap than August’s 1.1% dip. Active listings and the pace of sales both eased from August as well. A buyer with flexibility may find more room to negotiate there than almost anywhere else we cover; a seller should price with this month’s comparable sales, not last year’s.
Where the picture held steady
Greenville cooled from a 4.2% year over year gain in August to 2.3% in September, still positive but less brisk, with 801 houses for sale, the most of any area. Simpsonville told a similar story, slowing from 2.8% to 1.1%, on 455 active listings. Greer was the exception among the larger suburbs, its gain rising from 3.1% in August to 5.8%, the same figure Taylors reported back in August, while homes there sold faster, in 51 days against 61.
Fountain Inn posted the same 0.5% year over year reading it reported in August, essentially flat for a second straight month, and it remains the slowest area to sell at 73 days on average. Five Forks softened slightly further, to a 1.9% dip from August’s 0.9%, though its 32 day average was the fastest of the eight areas measured on September sales alone. Only Mauldin, measured over three months, was quicker at 29.
If you are buying this fall
Most of these nine areas carry between three and five months of supply. By the usual yardstick, where about six months marks a balanced market, that still leans toward sellers, though far less than Mauldin, the clear exception on the tight side. A buyer working with a realistic budget should judge any specific home by its price per square foot and recent comparable sales rather than an area’s median, which this month’s Greenville and Travelers Rest figures show can move for reasons that have nothing to do with value. Search current listings with your own criteria, and talk with our team about which of these nine areas fit what you are looking for.
If you are selling this fall
Pricing against September’s actual comparable sales matters more than ever with Taylors and Easley cooling and Travelers Rest and Mauldin firming. The first 30 days of a listing still carry outsized weight, and our note on selling in the fall covers the seasonal timing question directly. A home value estimate is the right starting point before you set a number.
How we measured
Every figure covers single family houses only; condos, townhomes and land are excluded, along with any record under $40,000, which is usually a lease or a parcel of land entered by mistake. The median sale price, price per square foot and average days on market cover September 2026, except in Mauldin, where one month has too few closings to publish reliably, so those three figures there cover July through September.
The year over year column compares the median price per square foot of resale homes, meaning homes built at least two years before the period, over the three months through September against the same three months a year earlier. New construction is excluded because a wave of builder closings can move a median without reflecting what existing homes are worth. Mauldin’s comparison runs twelve months against the twelve months before. Months of supply divides the houses for sale on October 2 by the average monthly sales of the past twelve months.
Cities follow the MLS City field. Five Forks is not a municipality, so it uses the MLS area the board assigns to it, and that area overlaps parts of other rows in this table; adding the nine figures together would double count. These are historical sales figures, not a forecast or a valuation of any particular home.
If you want these numbers run for a specific neighborhood, or want to know what they mean for a home you are considering buying or selling, talk with our team. We update this report every month.
