The story of this market
The typical home in Giles County, Virginia sells for about $265,000, or $152 per square foot.
Prices are down 9.99% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 85 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 154% since 2000. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $999 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $999 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+5%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+20.4%). Worst: 2012 (-3.7%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.6%
VA · 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.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,190
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+5%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 4 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
62
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $5,399,072.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
76.3%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 558 | 306 | 76.3% | 9.2% | $155,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Giles County, Virginia
The Giles County housing market is currently experiencing a contraction in pricing metrics, with the median sale price declining year-over-year. While listing prices remain elevated, the lack of closed sales and downward pressure on price per square foot suggest a cooling environment for sellers.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 10.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 85 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a slower-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) · unemployment 3.6% · poverty 0.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Giles County, Virginia — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 9.0%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
The county economy is supported by diverse industries with an unemployment rate of 3.6% as of May 2026.
- Brush Creek Holl'r Mountain Coaster4.823.1 mi
- Lake Shawnee Abandoned Amusement Park4.126.3 mi
- McClain's at First & Main4.116.7 mi
- Puzzlr - Puzzle and Escape Rooms4.715.1 mi
- Lane Stadium4.815.6 mi
- Cassell Coliseum4.715.5 mi
- B&B Theatres Blacksburg 11 with B-Roll Bowling4.416.7 mi
- The Draper Mercantile and Trading Company4.721.8 mi
- Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech4.815.3 mi
- Claytor Lake State Park4.717.9 mi
- B&B Theatres Blacksburg 11 with B-Roll Bowling4.416.7 mi
- Regal New River Valley4.417.1 mi
- Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech4.815.3 mi
- Randolph Park4.615.4 mi
- Lake Shawnee Abandoned Amusement Park4.126.3 mi
- Rockwood Manor4.713.9 mi
- Wolf Creek Indian Village4.727 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum4.722.8 mi
- Historic Smithfield4.715 mi
- Cascade Falls Trailhead4.95.1 mi
- Claytor Lake State Park4.717.9 mi
- Randolph Park4.615.4 mi
- Christiansburg Huckleberry Park4.717.3 mi
- Blacksburg Municipal Park4.715.3 mi
- Claytor Lake State Park4.717.9 mi
- Mountain 2 Island at the Rock House Marina4.718.3 mi
- Bluestone Lake Marina4.424.3 mi
- Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech4.613.8 mi
- Blacksburg Country Club4.618.8 mi
- Fountain Springs Golf Course4.57.7 mi
- Thorn Spring Golf Course and Event Center4.516.1 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.317.5 mi
- Uptown Christiansburg417.2 mi
- Rural King4.513 mi
- Ross Dress for Less4.217.2 mi
- HomeGoods4.417.2 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and Data Commons.