Charlotte 28203

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Mecklenburg County, NC · 6,764 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

33affordability /100

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

Payment burden
40.3%
severe
Days on market
43
daily
Price cuts
26.0%
of active
Valuation
-45.2%
vs assessor
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38
/100
Weak
stable · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
55
Affordability
25
Valuation
35
Economic health
33

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

65/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 25.6% correction for affordability
DOM: 102d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)100

Moderate buyer leverage in 28203. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 40.4% of median income. A 13% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 102. Renting is approximately 143% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 29.1).

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.
STABLEBALANCED

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$691,346
▴ 0.9% YoY
Days on market
43
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,978
ZORI
Investor score
35/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
99
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-45.2%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$379,200
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
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$419
Price-to-income6.7×

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How 28203 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity76%
Supply tightness0%
Affordability10%
Investment yield19%
Appreciation39%

Affordability, supply & momentum

27SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply21.5 mo
Days on Market43d
Inv vs History+36.9%
Listing Density9.7/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$3,492
Payment burden40.3%
Median income · ZIP$103,860
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$4,184
Monthly rent$1,978
Market dynamics
Price cut %26.0%
Momentumstable
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply21.5
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,978
Price-to-rent29.1
Est. cap rate2.2%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score21
Transit score16
Bike score

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Mecklenburg 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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