Charlotte 28209

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Mecklenburg County, NC · 7,929 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

31affordability /100

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

Payment burden
42%
severe
Days on market
34
daily
Price cuts
23.7%
of active
Valuation
-45.6%
vs assessor
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47
/100
Mixed
warming · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
82
Affordability
25
Valuation
35
Economic health
31

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

63/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 28.6% correction for affordability
DOM: 59d (stable) · 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%)60

Moderate buyer leverage in 28209. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 42.1% of median income. A 17% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 59. Renting is approximately 188% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 34.5).

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. Prices up 3.6% YoY.

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Market snapshoteach number, once

Median price
$677,591
▴ 3.6% YoY
Days on market
34
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,636
ZORI
Investor score
37/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
143
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-45.6%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$368,600
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$393
Price-to-income6.9×

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How 28209 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity86%
Supply tightness62%
Affordability8%
Investment yield9%
Appreciation73%

Affordability, supply & momentum

31SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply16.6 mo
Days on Market34d
Inv vs History+29.1%
Listing Density12.1/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$3,423
Payment burden42%
Median income · ZIP$97,762
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$4,100
Monthly rent$1,636
Market dynamics
Price cut %23.7%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply16.6
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,636
Price-to-rent34.5
Est. cap rate1.9%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score5
Transit score10
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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