Housing prices and selling conditions
These measures describe housing prices and selling conditions for the areas and periods shown. Compare them alongside repair costs, your mortgage payoff and selling costs.
| Measure | Value | Source and area | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $155,000 | Redfin · Parkersburg, WV | Three months ending August 2026 |
| Median days on market | 43 days | Redfin · Parkersburg, WV | Three months ending August 2026 |
| Homes sold | 87 homes | Redfin · Parkersburg, WV | Three months ending August 2026 |
| Typical home value (Zillow ZHVI) | $151,152 | Zillow · Parkersburg, WV | As of August 2026 |
| For-sale inventory | 182 homes | Zillow · Parkersburg, WV | As of August 2026 |
Include utilities, other bills and any mortgage payments while waiting to sell. Allow time for closing, too.
Parkersburg, WV seller resources / Market report
Parkersburg, WV Housing Market and Selling Costs
USA Home Buyers buys houses as-is in Parkersburg and Wood County, West Virginia. We buy in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us. Use this report to compare local market measures with the costs and time involved in selling your particular house.
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Recent local measures
What are houses selling for in Parkersburg?
These measures describe Parkersburg, WV, for each source's stated period. Use them as market context, then compare them with the condition, repairs, occupancy, costs, and timing for your own house.
| Measure, place and period | Value | Readable source |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale priceRedfin · Parkersburg, WV · exact placePeriod: Three months ending August 2026 | $155,000+32.00% from a year earlier | Redfin housing market data → |
| Median days on marketRedfin · Parkersburg, WV · exact placePeriod: Three months ending August 2026 | 43 days | Redfin housing market data → |
| Homes soldRedfin · Parkersburg, WV · exact placePeriod: Three months ending August 2026 | 87 homes | Redfin housing market data → |
| Typical home value (Zillow ZHVI)Zillow · Parkersburg, WV · exact placePeriod: As of August 2026 | $151,152-24.43% from a year earlier | Zillow Research data → |
| For-sale inventoryZillow · Parkersburg, WV · exact placePeriod: As of August 2026 | 182 homes | Zillow Research data → |
Redfin sale and activity measures describe completed transactions and marketing time. Zillow's typical home value is a separate modeled measure, and its inventory figure counts homes for sale. Keep each source, place, and period beside its number.
What the numbers mean
A town-wide figure does not price your house
Condition and repair needs can change what a buyer will pay and what you may spend before a listing. Tenant occupancy can affect access and showings. Your timing also matters if you would keep paying utilities, insurance, taxes, or other costs while waiting for a buyer.
Compare the house you own, not just the Parkersburg average: an updated home that is easy to show may suit a listing, while a repair-heavy, inherited, vacant, or tenant-occupied house may call for a different comparison. We buy houses as-is in Parkersburg and Wood County, so you can compare a direct cash offer with the listing path.
West Virginia selling costs
Include the transfer tax in your closing comparison
West Virginia charges excise taxes when property title is transferred. The first county excise tax is $1.10 for each $500 of value, or fraction of $500. An additional county excise tax starts at $0.55 per $500; a county commission may raise that additional tax to as much as $1.65 per $500. At the base rates, the combined tax is $330 on a $100,000 transfer. If a county sets the additional tax at its maximum, the combined tax would be $550 on $100,000. These are statewide illustrations, not a statement of Wood County's current rate.
The county clerk also collects a separate $20 Affordable Housing Fund fee before recording. Taxable value includes liens the buyer takes over, so confirm the applicable rate and amount for your property with the closing professional. The West Virginia real estate transfer excise tax and the additional county excise tax are included in our closing-cost promise: When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the West Virginia real estate transfer excise tax and the additional county excise tax. That does not pay your mortgage, liens, back taxes, or your share of current property taxes.
Parkersburg is in Wood County, West Virginia. See the Wood County official website, West Virginia Code §11-22-2 for rates and the recording fee, and §11-22-1 for value definitions.
What you may keep
Compare what is left after costs, not only the sale price
The sale price is the amount before costs. What you keep is the amount left after items such as mortgage payoff, repairs or cleanout, selling costs, and the bills you carry while the house is on the market. Change the assumptions to fit your situation and compare the result with a written cash offer.
Just an estimate — the actual number could be more or less depending on the home's condition.
What sellers say about USA Home Buyers
Here's what sellers have said about working with us.
“Howard worked at Home Savings Bank for twenty-eight years. When he retired, we talked about downsizing for two years before we actually did it. The property tax on our Canfield Road house was $3,800 a year, and with both of us on fixed incomes that added up. USA Home Buyers closed in seven days. We're in a smaller place in Boardman with half the maintenance.”
“I got behind on payments after losing my warehouse job. The lender filed in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and I didn't know what to do. USA Home Buyers explained the Ohio judicial foreclosure timeline, made a written offer the next morning, and we closed before the case moved to summary judgment. I walked away with money instead of losing everything.”
“The house on Michigan Avenue had been in Clara's family since 1951. When the waterline under the street broke, water backed up through the foundation and we had standing water in the basement for four days. Mold, foundation damage, HVAC destroyed. We're both past seventy and we couldn't put $40,000 into a house we'd been thinking about leaving anyway. Closed in ten days.”
Parkersburg market report questions
Does the Parkersburg median sale price tell me what my house is worth?
No. A town-wide measure summarizes other sales; it does not price your address. Condition, needed repairs, access, tenants, and your timing can change the comparison for your house.
What West Virginia transfer charges should I compare?
West Virginia charges a first county excise tax of $1.10 per $500 of value, plus an additional county excise tax that starts at $0.55 per $500 and may be raised by the county commission to $1.65 per $500. The county clerk also collects a $20 Affordable Housing Fund fee before recording. Confirm the Wood County rate and your settlement figures for the property. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the West Virginia real estate transfer excise tax and the additional county excise tax.
Is the sale price the amount I keep?
No. The sale price is the gross amount; what you keep depends on costs such as mortgage payoff, repairs or cleanout, selling costs, and the time you carry the house. The calculator on this page lets you compare editable planning assumptions. Just an estimate — the actual number could be more or less depending on the home's condition.
How can repairs, tenants, or timing change the comparison?
Repairs can change what a listing takes to prepare, while tenant occupancy can affect access and showings. A deadline or the cost of waiting can also matter. A town-wide figure does not account for those details at your property.