Charlotte 28270

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Mecklenburg County, NC · 10,979 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

46affordability /100

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

Payment burden
32.5%
stretched
Days on market
37
daily
Price cuts
21.5%
of active
Valuation
-46.9%
vs assessor
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55
/100
Mixed
warming · seller slight · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
62
Affordability
65
Valuation
35
Economic health
46

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 7.7% correction for affordability
DOM: 56d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)60
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Moderate buyer leverage in 28270. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 32.5% of median income. Median days on market: 56. Renting is approximately 199% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 35.9). Market appears 11% 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.
WARMINGSELLER SLIGHT

Market is warming with rising prices. Sellers hold a slight edge.

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Market snapshoteach number, once

Median price
$689,045
▴ 1.9% YoY
Days on market
37
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,601
ZORI
Investor score
33/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
128
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-46.9%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$365,900
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$286
Price-to-income5.4×

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How 28270 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity83%
Supply tightness65%
Affordability23%
Investment yield7%
Appreciation55%

Affordability, supply & momentum

33SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply12.2 mo
Days on Market37d
Inv vs History+17.6%
Listing Density10.1/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$3,481
Payment burden32.5%
Median income · ZIP$128,660
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$4,170
Monthly rent$1,601
Market dynamics
Price cut %21.5%
Momentumwarming
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply12.2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,601
Price-to-rent35.9
Est. cap rate1.8%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score1
Transit score4
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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