The story of this market
The typical home in St. Albans, West Virginia sells for about $167,400, or $114 per square foot.
Prices are down 5.7% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 38 days to sell.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+8.9%
WV · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
St. Albans, West Virginia
The St. Albans housing market is currently experiencing a contraction, with a year-over-year decline in median sale prices of 5.7%. Limited new construction activity, with only one building permit authorized in 2025, suggests a stagnant development pipeline. Market data for several metrics, including rental rates and specific tax figures, is currently unavailable.
No ARED county foreclosure postings attributed to St. Albans yet — the verified ledger covers every county the foreclosure ingest has read, attributed by published city area. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Median prices moved down 5.7% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 38 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · poverty 9.8% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
No public schools report a street address in this area. Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2023-24.