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August 28, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Black Mountain, NC Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

What homes actually sell for in Black Mountain: a median closing price of $470,000 across 219 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.

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Black Mountain, NC Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

If you invest in or around Black Mountain, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Black Mountain sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 12 months: 219
  • •Median sold price, last 12 months: $470,000
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $306
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $342,500 and $650,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 219 closed sales in Black Mountain over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $470,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $342,500 and $650,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 81% of the Black Mountain closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 219 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $239 and $376 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Black Mountain, NC (October 2026)

The median home price in Black Mountain is $470,000, measured across the 219 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $342,500 and $650,000.

Where Black Mountain sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Black Mountain
Closed sale prices over the last 12 months. Middle half of sales: $343k to $650k
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$165k to $354k: 51 sales$165k$354k to $544k: 71 sales71sales$544k to $733k: 47 sales$544k$733k to $922k: 15 sales$922k to $1.11M: 3 sales$922kMedian $470k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Black Mountain over the last 12 months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $342,500 and $650,000. Among the 100 North Carolina markets with a published band, Black Mountain's middle-half spread ($342,500 to $650,000) ranks 71st from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Black Mountain monthly medians for the complete months inside the last 12 months, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 10 months plotted, 2 months suppressed under the 10-closing floor and drawn as empty slots.
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Oct 2025: $289 per square foot across 21 sales$289Nov 2025: $339 per square foot across 24 sales$339NovDec 2025: $345 per square foot across 16 sales$345Jan 2026: fewer than 10 qualifying sales recordedJanFeb 2026: $284 per square foot across 10 sales$284Mar 2026: $302 per square foot across 16 sales$302MarApr 2026: $352 per square foot across 20 sales$352May 2026: $263 per square foot across 11 sales$263MayJun 2026: $306 per square foot across 27 sales$306Jul 2026: $309 per square foot across 30 sales$309JulAug 2026: $299 per square foot across 28 sales$299Sep 2026: fewer than 10 qualifying sales recordedSep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 28 days, across 64 Black Mountain closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
This is measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own dates. That is why this count is smaller than the 219 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold the dates it needs.

The Black Mountain angle

Black Mountain's 219 tracked closings over the last 12 months produced a median of $470,000 and a middle half between $342,500 and $650,000. The band stretches further above $470,000 than below it, so the premium end carries a wider range of plausible answers than the ordinary end does.

Black Mountain market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Black Mountain ZIP codes: 28711.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Black Mountain address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Black Mountain, NC
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 3706140
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 219
Median sold price: $470,000
Median sold $/sqft: $306 (219 qualifying)
Property mix: 81% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Black Mountain over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Black Mountain city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 23% of the 219 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $499,450.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Black Mountain?

The median sold price in Black Mountain over the last 12 months is $470,000, measured across 219 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Black Mountain last month?

Resideline has tracked 7 closed sales in Black Mountain in September 2026 so far, out of 219 closings tracked over the last 12 months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Black Mountain?

The middle half of Black Mountain sales over the last 12 months closed between $342,500 and $650,000, with a median of $470,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Black Mountain?

Among qualifying Black Mountain closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $306, measured across 219 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How do view and setting affect a Black Mountain home value?

They widen the market rather than shift it, and the published band shows the effect. A median cannot tell you which side of that your property is on. Treat setting as a selection criterion for comparable sales rather than as a percentage you add at the end.

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