Charlotte 28204

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Mecklenburg County, NC · 2,707 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

34affordability /100

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

Payment burden
39.9%
severe
Days on market
49
daily
Price cuts
29.9%
of active
Valuation
-31.4%
vs assessor
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32
/100
Weak
stable · buyer advantage · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
25
Valuation
35
Economic health
34

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

66/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 24.8% correction for affordability
DOM: 130d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)50
Days on Market (5%)100

Moderate buyer leverage in 28204. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 40.0% of median income. A 12% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 130. Renting is approximately 152% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 30.2).

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.
STABLEBUYER ADVANTAGE

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Buyers have strong negotiating leverage.

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Market snapshoteach number, once

Median price
$587,447
▾ 0.1% YoY
Days on market
49
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,623
ZORI
Investor score
33/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
46
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-31.4%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$403,220
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$337
Price-to-income6.6×

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How 28204 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity69%
Supply tightness0%
Affordability11%
Investment yield19%
Appreciation27%

Affordability, supply & momentum

30SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply30.9 mo
Days on Market49d
Inv vs History+14.7%
Listing Density8.2/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,967
Payment burden39.9%
Median income · ZIP$89,207
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,555
Monthly rent$1,623
Market dynamics
Price cut %29.9%
Momentumstable
LeverageBUYER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply30.9
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,623
Price-to-rent30.2
Est. cap rate2.2%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score22
Transit score12
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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