Mount Holly 28120

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Gaston County, NC · 215 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

51affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
30%
stretched
Days on market
67
daily
Price cuts
23.4%
of active
Valuation
-49%
vs assessor
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56
/100
Mixed
warming · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
62
Affordability
65
Valuation
35
Economic health
51

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

68/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
DOM: 96d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)80
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)25
Days on Market (5%)100

Moderate buyer leverage in 28120. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 30.1% of median income. Median days on market: 96. Renting is approximately 47% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 17.6). Market appears 19% overpriced vs. assessed values.

What to Offer

Offer 5-10% below list. You have room to negotiate.

Conditions resemble 2019 pre-pandemic levels — moderate overvaluation with slowing demand. Negotiation room exists.
WARMINGBALANCED

Market is warming with rising prices. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$370,491
▴ 1.5% YoY
Days on market
67
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,754
ZORI
Investor score
63/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
94
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-49.0%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$188,800
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+79.8%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Mecklenburg+79.8%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$198
Price-to-income5.0×

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How 28120 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity47%
Supply tightness0%
Affordability31%
Investment yield63%
Appreciation50%

Affordability, supply & momentum

26SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply13.4 mo
Days on Market67d
Inv vs History-0.6%
Listing Density9.9/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$1,871
Payment burden30%
Median income · ZIP$74,809
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$2,242
Monthly rent$1,754
Market dynamics
Price cut %23.4%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply13.4
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,754
Price-to-rent17.6
Est. cap rate3.7%
Buy vs rentneutral

Livability

Walk score2
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Gaston County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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