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August 21, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Seneca, SC Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

What homes actually sell for in Seneca: a median closing price of $259,000 across 181 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread.

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Seneca, SC Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

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

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 12 months: 181
  • Median sold price, last 12 months: $259,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $177
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $206,500 and $375,000

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What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 181 closed sales in Seneca over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $259,000. 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 $206,500 and $375,000. 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. 93% of the Seneca 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 178 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $130 and $207 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Seneca, SC (September 2026)

The median home price in Seneca is $259,000, measured across the 181 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $206,500 and $375,000.

Where Seneca sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Seneca
Closed sale prices over the last 12 months. Middle half of sales: $207k to $375k
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$60k to $174k: 25 sales$60k$174k to $287k: 82 sales82sales$287k to $401k: 24 sales$287k$401k to $514k: 16 sales$514k to $628k: 12 sales$514kMedian $259k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Seneca 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 $206,500 and $375,000. Among the 52 South Carolina markets with a published band, Seneca's middle-half spread ($206,500 to $375,000) ranks 34th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Seneca monthly medians for the complete months inside the last 12 months, Oct 2025 to Jul 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 8 months plotted, 3 months suppressed under the 10-closing floor and drawn as empty slots.
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Oct 2025: $216 per square foot across 13 sales$216Nov 2025: fewer than 10 qualifying sales recordedNovDec 2025: $155 per square foot across 15 sales$155Jan 2026: fewer than 10 qualifying sales recordedJanFeb 2026: $152 per square foot across 17 sales$152Mar 2026: $178 per square foot across 20 sales$178MarApr 2026: $188 per square foot across 21 sales$188May 2026: $175 per square foot across 19 sales$175MayJun 2026: $196 per square foot across 18 sales$196Jul 2026: $191 per square foot across 15 sales$191Jul

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 61 days, across 80 Seneca closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 37 days, across 62 Seneca closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 181 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Seneca angle

Seneca is a place where a citywide number will lead you astray. Across 181 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median closed sale price was $259,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $206,500 and $375,000. Under those conditions $259,000 tells you very little about a specific property. Build the value from tightly matched closings and be explicit about which part of the range your subject belongs to before you look at any citywide figure.

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. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Seneca 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: Seneca, SC
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 4565095
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 181
Median sold price: $259,000
Median sold $/sqft: $177 (178 qualifying)
Property mix: 93% 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 Seneca over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Seneca 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 15% of the 181 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $267,250.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Seneca?

The median sold price in Seneca over the last 12 months is $259,000, measured across 181 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Seneca last month?

Resideline tracked 11 closed sales in Seneca in August 2026, out of 181 closings tracked over the last 12 months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Seneca?

The middle half of Seneca sales over the last 12 months closed between $206,500 and $375,000, with a median of $259,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Seneca?

Among qualifying Seneca closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $177, measured across 178 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Can I use the Seneca median as a starting point?

Not as an anchor. Choose comps that match the subject on type and size first, then check the citywide number only for context.

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