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August 27, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Southern Pines, NC Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Southern Pines: a median closing price of $521,000 across 171 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Southern Pines, NC Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

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

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 171
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $521,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $228
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $355,000 and $645,750

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 171 closed sales in Southern Pines over the last six months, with a median closing price of $521,000. 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 $355,000 and $645,750. 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 171 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $197 and $269 per square foot.

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

Median home price in Southern Pines, NC (September 2026)

The median home price in Southern Pines is $521,000, measured across the 171 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $355,000 and $645,750.

Where Southern Pines sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Southern Pines
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $355k to $646k
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$193k to $370k: 42 sales$193k$370k to $548k: 49 sales49sales$548k to $726k: 41 sales$548k$726k to $904k: 15 sales$904k to $1.08M: 5 sales$904kMedian $521k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Southern Pines over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $355,000 and $645,750. Among the 100 North Carolina markets with a published band, Southern Pines's middle-half spread ($355,000 to $645,750) ranks 68th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Southern Pines monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $234 per square foot across 42 sales$234AprMay 2026: $229 per square foot across 14 sales$229MayJun 2026: $225 per square foot across 39 sales$225JunJul 2026: $234 per square foot across 32 sales$234JulAug 2026: $224 per square foot across 28 sales$224Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 23 days, across 74 Southern Pines closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 32 days, across 47 Southern Pines closings Resideline tracked in the last six 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 171 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Southern Pines angle

Southern Pines contributed 171 tracked closings over the last six months, with a median closed sale price of $521,000 and the middle half of sales between $355,000 and $645,750. In Southern Pines that puts the burden of precision on the upside. Two above-median estimates can differ by a wide margin while both citing the band as cover, and only the resemblance of their comp sets to the subject separates the defensible one from the hopeful one.

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 Southern Pines 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: Southern Pines, NC
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 3763120
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 171
Median sold price: $521,000
Median sold $/sqft: $228 (171 qualifying)
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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 Southern Pines over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Southern Pines?

The median sold price in Southern Pines over the last 6 months is $521,000, measured across 171 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Southern Pines last month?

Resideline tracked 28 closed sales in Southern Pines in August 2026, out of 171 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 Southern Pines?

The middle half of Southern Pines sales over the last six months closed between $355,000 and $645,750, with a median of $521,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Southern Pines?

Among qualifying Southern Pines closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $228, measured across 171 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

What should I make of the gap between the Southern Pines median and upper quartile?

It means above-median sales in Southern Pines spread across a long stretch of prices before leaving ordinary territory at $645,750. A quarter of tracked closings still closed above that point, so the band's edge is a marker, not a ceiling. For a specific property, the gap is a reminder that an above-median estimate spans many defensible values and needs closely matched closed sales to be pinned down.

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