South Charlotte Market Data: Closed Sale Prices by Town (Updated Monthly)

Updated September 1, 2026. About an 8 minute read. Compiled by Steve Jarrell of The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty, refreshed monthly from Canopy MLS. Steve is licensed in both North Carolina and South Carolina, which is why this dataset covers both sides of the state line rather than stopping at the border.

13 min read | By Steve Jarrell, The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty | Updated September 2026

South Charlotte market data: closed sale prices by town

Single-family homes, closed status, rolling 90 days ending September 1, 2026. Sorted by median price. The median is the better number to use in most of these markets, and the table shows both the median and the average so you can see exactly where the two diverge. Where they diverge a lot, an outlier sale is doing the work.

South Charlotte market data: closed sale prices by town

Area	State	Closed Sales	Median Price	Average Price	Median Days on Market	Median $/Sq Ft
Weddington	NC	37	$1,729,915	$1,689,785	10	$342.00
Lake Wylie	SC	24	$831,500	$856,271	27.5	$246.26
SouthPark (28210, 28211)	NC	231	$808,000	$1,151,448	7	$367.76
Ballantyne (28277)	NC	186	$757,000	$897,580	10	$281.09
Waxhaw	NC	307	$725,000	$851,078	17	$233.06
Indian Land	SC	80	$613,500	$666,404	24	$220.87
Matthews	NC	240	$594,250	$689,229	9	$242.18
Fort Mill	SC	383	$588,000	$670,418	19	$228.73
Mint Hill	NC	118	$531,200	$603,807	16.5	$224.02
Indian Trail	NC	201	$502,765	$516,089	25	$195.50
Pineville	NC	37	$492,500	$499,658	10	$236.35
Monroe	NC	307	$405,000	$441,013	32.5	$200.83
Marvin	NC	7	Not reported. Only 7 single-family sales closed in the 90 day window, which is too small a sample to publish a reliable price. Its closings are counted in the regional totals.
All 13 areas	n/a	2,158	$590,000	$737,163	n/a	n/a

Small sample note: Lake Wylie (24 sales) falls below 30 closed transactions, so its figures are directionally useful but will move more month to month than the higher volume markets. Marvin is reported as insufficient rather than given a price.

If you want the neighborhood level context behind these numbers, I keep a page for each of the towns I cover most closely, including Weddington, Waxhaw, Ballantyne, and Fort Mill.

North Carolina vs South Carolina: the state line barely moves the price

This is the question relocating buyers ask me more than any other, and the answer in this data runs against what almost everyone assumes before they get here.

North Carolina vs South Carolina: the state line barely moves the price

Segment	Closed Sales	Median Price	Average Price	Dollar Volume
North Carolina side Weddington, Waxhaw, Marvin, Matthews, Indian Trail, Monroe, Mint Hill, Pineville, Ballantyne, SouthPark	1,671	$590,000	$754,139	$1,260,165,461
South Carolina side Fort Mill, Indian Land, Lake Wylie	487	$592,000	$678,918	$330,633,012

The medians differ by $2,000, or about a third of a percent. For a buyer purchasing a median priced home, crossing the state line does not change what the house costs. Last window the gap was $811. I have watched buyers spend weeks agonizing over which side of the border to shop, and on price alone this dataset says that decision is close to a coin flip.

The regional median and the North Carolina median land on the same figure, $590,000. That is not a copy error. North Carolina supplies about three quarters of the closings in this dataset, so the middle sale of the whole region and the middle sale of the North Carolina side tend to sit on the same transaction value.

Three things are actually different between the two states, and I think they matter more than the price does:

The top of the market, not the middle. The North Carolina average runs $75,221 higher than South Carolina while the medians are effectively identical. I read that gap as living mostly at the top of the market, in Weddington and SouthPark, where there is more high value inventory on the North Carolina side. In the middle of the market, where most buyers actually transact, the two states price the same.

Speed. The fastest submarkets in the region are all on the North Carolina side: SouthPark at a median of 7 days, Matthews at 9, and Weddington, Ballantyne, and Pineville at 10. The three South Carolina areas sit at 19 days in Fort Mill, 24 in Indian Land, and 27.5 in Lake Wylie. Monroe and Indian Trail are the exceptions within North Carolina, at 32.5 and 25 days, and that is where I would tell a buyer they currently have the most negotiating room in the region.

Property tax treatment. Because the purchase prices are so close, the tax difference is not being offset by a price difference the way buyers usually assume it is. That makes property tax a larger share of the total cost of ownership decision than the sale price is. The rules differ meaningfully between the two states for owner occupants, and I am not going to publish a rate here that could be stale by the time you read it. Confirm your situation against the North Carolina Department of Revenue and the South Carolina Department of Revenue, and if you want the plain English version of how the two systems compare, that is covered in my South Charlotte relocation guide.

If you would rather watch than read, here is the video where I walk through how buyers should weigh the state line question:

What the days on market numbers say

Days on market separates these submarkets far more sharply than price does, and it is the number I look at first when a client asks me how much negotiating room they have.

SouthPark closed 231 homes at a median of 7 days on market, the fastest in the region, and Matthews was right behind it at 9 days on 240 closings. Weddington, Ballantyne, and Pineville all sat at 10. Weddington’s 10 days is a change from the 1 day median it posted last window, and the reason is mix: eight of its 37 closings were new construction in one community, Luna Estates, and builder closings carry more market time on paper than a resale that goes under contract in a weekend. I read all five of these towns the same way: very little slack, and a buyer needs to be fully approved and ready to move the day the right house lists.

At the other end, Monroe at 32.5 days and Lake Wylie at 27.5 days give buyers meaningfully more time to think and more room to negotiate. Indian Trail at 25 and Indian Land at 24 are close behind. I do not read those numbers as weakness in any of those towns. I read them as more inventory relative to demand, which is exactly what a buyer who wants choices should be looking for. Fort Mill at 19 days and Waxhaw at 17 sit in the middle, both slower than the close-in Charlotte submarkets but faster than the value corridor.

The practical version: if you are shopping SouthPark, Matthews, or Weddington, be fully approved and ready to move on day one. If you are shopping Monroe or Indian Trail, you have time to see a dozen homes before you commit to one.

Price per square foot tells a different story than price

Sorting by price per square foot reorders the region, and it is the number I reach for when a buyer is choosing between two towns and trying to work out where the money is actually going.

SouthPark leads at $367.76 and Weddington follows at $342.00. But the comparison I find more useful is Ballantyne at $281.09 against Waxhaw at $233.06. Those two markets have similar median prices, $757,000 and $725,000, yet Ballantyne costs about $48 more per square foot. A buyer choosing between them is trading square footage for location, and I want people to see that tradeoff explicitly rather than discover it on the third showing. In Waxhaw the same budget buys noticeably more house. In Ballantyne it buys a shorter drive to the office parks and the retail.

Indian Trail at $195.50 and Monroe at $200.83 are the only two areas in the region under $210 per square foot. That is the clearest affordability signal in this dataset, and it is why I keep pointing relocating buyers who want space toward those two towns even when they arrived with a different list.

How this South Charlotte market data was compiled

Every figure on this page traces to a search I ran myself in the MLS. Here is exactly how it was built, so you can judge the numbers rather than take them on faith.

How this South Charlotte market data was compiled

Source	Canopy MLS, the multiple listing service covering the Charlotte region, accessed through the Matrix platform.
Property type	Single-family residential only. Condominiums, townhouses, and stock cooperatives are excluded.
Status	Closed sales only. Not list prices, not pending sales, not automated estimates.
Window	Rolling 90 days. Close dates in this dataset run from June 1, 2026 through August 28, 2026, retrieved from Matrix on August 30, 2026.
Sample	2,158 closed transactions across 13 areas.
Geography	Towns are matched on the MLS city field. Ballantyne and SouthPark are not MLS cities, so they are represented by ZIP code: Ballantyne by 28277, SouthPark by 28210 and 28211.
Small samples	Areas under 30 closed sales are flagged. Areas without enough volume to report a reliable price are marked as insufficient rather than given a number.
Averages and medians	Both are published because they diverge. Averages include outlier sales, and a single high value transaction can move them substantially. SouthPark is the clearest example in this period, where four sales above $5,000,000 pull the average $343,448 above the median. Where the two disagree, the median is the more representative figure.
Verification	Each area’s extracted record count was checked against the MLS result total, and all averages and medians were independently recomputed before publication.
Update cadence	Monthly. This page is the canonical, continuously updated version of the dataset and always carries the current 90 day window. Dated monthly snapshots are published separately as point in time archives, and any snapshot older than the date on this page is superseded by the figures here. The newest dated snapshot is always the first entry in the market reports archive.
Compiled by	Steve Jarrell, The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty. Licensed in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Citing this data

Questions buyers ask about this South Charlotte market data

What is the average home price in South Charlotte in 2026?

Across South Charlotte, Union County NC, and the northern South Carolina border markets, the median single-family closed sale price was $590,000 over the 90 days ending September 1, 2026, from 2,158 closed transactions in Canopy MLS. The average was $737,163. The median is the better figure to use, because averages in this region are pulled upward by a small number of very high value sales.

Is it cheaper to buy a home in South Carolina or North Carolina near Charlotte?

On price, they are effectively the same. The North Carolina median was $590,000 and the South Carolina median was $592,000 over the 90 days ending September 1, 2026, a difference of $2,000. The North Carolina average is higher, but only because there is more luxury inventory at the top of the market on that side. In the middle of the market the two states price the same, which means property tax treatment matters more in the decision than the purchase price does.

Which South Charlotte town is most expensive?

Weddington is the most expensive town in South Charlotte, at a $1,729,915 median across 37 closed sales in the 90 days ending September 1, 2026, lifted this window by eight new construction closings in one community. Lake Wylie is second at $831,500 on a small sample of 24 sales, then SouthPark at $808,000 and Ballantyne at $757,000. By price per square foot the order changes, with SouthPark first at $367.76 and Weddington second at $342.00.

Which South Charlotte area is most affordable?

Monroe is the most affordable area in this South Charlotte dataset, at a $405,000 median, followed by Pineville at $492,500 and Indian Trail at $502,765. Monroe and Indian Trail also carry two of the longest days on market figures in the region, 32.5 and 25 days, so buyers there have more inventory to choose from and more room to negotiate.

How fast are homes selling in South Charlotte?

It varies widely by town over the 90 days ending September 1, 2026: SouthPark at a median of 7 days, Matthews at 9, and Weddington, Ballantyne, and Pineville at 10 on the fast end, against Monroe at 32.5, Lake Wylie at 27.5, Indian Trail at 25, and Indian Land at 24 on the slower end.

Where does South Charlotte market data come from?

This South Charlotte market data is compiled from Canopy MLS, filtered to single-family closed sales over a rolling 90 day window. These are recorded closing prices, not list prices or automated estimates. Towns are matched on the MLS city field, Ballantyne and SouthPark are matched by ZIP code, and any area with fewer than 30 closed sales is flagged as a small sample. Compiled by Steve Jarrell of The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty, licensed in North Carolina and South Carolina.

How often is this South Charlotte market report updated?

This South Charlotte market report is updated monthly. Each update replaces the figures with a new rolling 90 day window of Canopy MLS closed sales, and the report keeps the same web address, so the series builds up over time in one place rather than scattering across dated pages.

About the author

I am Steve Jarrell, a licensed real estate broker in both North Carolina and South Carolina and the team lead of The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty, which I lead with my wife Amanda. I live in Weddington, which is one of the 13 areas in this report, so most of these markets are places I drive through in a normal week rather than places I read about.

Here is the part that should matter to you. I pull these numbers out of Canopy MLS Matrix myself. This is not aggregated from portal estimates, automated valuation models, or third party scrapes of public records. I run the search, export the closed sales, check every area’s record count against the MLS result total, and recompute the medians and averages independently before anything gets published. Portal estimates are models built on top of county records with a lag. What is on this page is the recorded closing prices reported to the multiple listing service that the transactions actually ran through. When the two disagree, the MLS is the primary source and the portal is the derivative.

Before real estate I spent about a decade on the technology side of this industry. My father founded VisualTour in 1999. I joined the company as President, led its rebrand to Paradym, and led it to its acquisition by Constellation Software in 2020. I hold an MBA from the University of Tennessee. That background is the reason this page exists as a structured, sourced dataset with published methodology instead of a paragraph of market commentary.