What does $350K–$750K buy in the Charlottesville area in 2026?

In September 2026, Charlottesville-area homes in the $350K–$500K band sold at a median of $410,235, and homes in the $500K–$750K band at $598,000. Both took a median of 13 days to sell.

Those two bands are where most of the month’s activity sat, so they’re a good place to start if you’re working out what your budget buys.

How do the price bands compare?

Band	Sales	Median price	Days on market	$/sq ft	Active	Months of supply
Under $350K	29	$290,000	25	$236.74	139	5.4
$350K–$500K	51	$410,235	13	$227.36	185	4.1
$500K–$750K	41	$598,000	13	$265.72	202	3.9
$750K–$1M	15	$825,000	6	$292.84	116	5.7
$1M–$1.5M	13	$1,250,000	53	$334.16	61	3.6

Some bands are small. The $750K–$1M and $1M–$1.5M bands each had 15 or fewer sales, so a few homes can move their numbers. The $1.5M-plus band had 6 sales and no median is reported.

What does the $350K–$500K band look like?

This was the busiest band, with 51 sales at a median of $410,235 and $227.36 per square foot. Homes took a median of 13 days to sell.

There were 185 active listings, or 4.1 months of supply. That’s room to compare several homes, but a 13-day median says well-priced ones still sell in under two weeks.

The data for this band isn’t split by property type, so I can’t tell you its mix. Across the whole area, condos had a median of $362,655 (29 sold) and townhouses $430,000 (43 sold). Detached homes were at $640,000 (83 sold). Those are area-wide medians, so don’t read them as what the band holds.

What does $500K–$750K add?

The $500K–$750K band had 41 sales at a median of $598,000, also in 13 days. Price per square foot was $265.72, higher than the $227.36 in the band below.

It had the most listings of any band: 202 active, or 3.9 months of supply. That’s the most choice, with sales moving at the same pace as the band below it.

Price per square foot depends on size, age and condition, so it’s a rough guide, not a verdict on value.

Why do the higher bands behave so differently?

The $750K–$1M band had a median of 6 days on market from 15 sales, while the $1M–$1.5M band had 53 days from 13. With samples that size, I wouldn’t draw a rule from either one. They do show that price band alone doesn’t predict speed.

Under $350K moved slowest of the lower bands, at 25 days and 5.4 months of supply (29 sales). That’s interesting, and the data doesn’t explain it.

What does this mean for a buyer?

This is my interpretation, not a finding in the data.

Don’t shop by area-wide numbers. The area median was $495,000 with 4.6 months of supply, but your band can look quite different. The area median was down 14.7% from a year ago, and the data doesn’t say why. It may partly reflect which homes happened to sell that month, and it doesn’t mean any individual home lost that much.

Pick your price band, look at how long similar homes stayed listed, and get your financing ready before you tour. In a band with 13-day medians, that preparation is what lets you act.

What should I do next?

If you’re buying in the Charlottesville area, tell us your price range and what matters most, and we’ll pull recent sales for homes like it. Start with our buying page, or read about our Charlottesville office. For more detail on specific areas, see our guides for the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, or talk to Daniel Keeton.

Source: Keeton & Co analysis of CAAR MLS data, September 2026. Data through October 3, 2026. Prices and per-square-foot figures are medians of closed sales; active listings and months of supply describe homes for sale at month end. Year-ago changes are relative percent changes. Full figures are on the Charlottesville area market report.