Glen Allen, VA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Glen Allen: a median closing price of $400,000 across 162 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Glen Allen, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Glen Allen sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 162
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $400,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $221
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $330,000 and $499,950
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 162 closed sales in Glen Allen over the last six months, with a median closing price of $400,000. 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 $330,000 and $499,950. 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. Across the 162 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $194 and $242 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Glen Allen, VA (August 2026)
The median home price in Glen Allen is $400,000, measured across the 162 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $330,000 and $499,950.
Where Glen Allen sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Glen Allen over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $330,000 and $499,950. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 10 days, across 121 Glen Allen closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 34 days, across 125 Glen Allen closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Glen Allen angle
Pricing in Glen Allen starts with a workable citywide picture. Resideline tracked 162 closings here over the last six months, the median closed sale price came in at $400,000, and the middle half of those sales landed between $330,000 and $499,950. The quartile spread is close to typical for the markets we track, which makes the median a reasonable orientation point but a poor substitute for matched comps. More of that spread sits above the median than below it, so upside cases separate from the centre faster than downside ones.
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 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. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Glen Allen address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Glen Allen, VA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 162
Median sold price: $400,000
Median sold $/sqft: $221 (162 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/glen-allen-va-housing-market
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 Glen Allen over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track inside the 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 10% of the 162 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $405,000.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Glen Allen?
The median sold price in Glen Allen over the last 6 months is $400,000, measured across 162 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Glen Allen last month?
Resideline tracked 25 closed sales in Glen Allen in July 2026, out of 162 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Glen Allen?
The middle half of Glen Allen sales over the last six months closed between $330,000 and $499,950, with a median of $400,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Glen Allen?
Among qualifying Glen Allen closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $221, measured across 162 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
What is the safest way to use Glen Allen's closed sale quartiles on a deal?
Use them as boundaries for a reality check, not as the valuation. If your number lands outside $330,000 to $499,950, you should be able to point to something specific about the property that justifies it. Inside that range the quartiles do not do much work for you and the comps have to. With a sample around the middle of the markets we track, you can pull matched closings tightly enough that $400,000 becomes a background reference rather than the estimate itself.
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