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New Bern Metro Market Report

Top 10 ZIPs by size — 7.32% mortgage rate — Updated 10/27/2026

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Listings Flow Ladder — New Bern

Faucet, basin and drain — new listings in, active inventory, closed sales out.as of Sep 30, 2026

the basin is fillingnet 5 listings/mo
balanced 4–6 mo3.8 mo
Faucet — new listings
203/mo
103% of normal (198) · normal
Basin — active listings
743
81% of normal (912) · low
Months of supply
3.8 mo
derived — not published at this grain
Drain — closed sales
198/mo
107% of normal (186)
Net — faucet minus drain
+5/mo
filling
Reading
current
as of 2026-09-30
Compare against:
2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31 · 5 same-month points

How plugged is the drain? Two definitions, both ours, deliberately not reconciled.

  • 0%Absorption vs its own normal— 1 - (closed sales / active listings) / same-month median of that ratio
  • 0%Closed sales vs its own normal— 1 - closed sales per month / same-month median closed sales per month

Closed sales over 24 months — two different numbers, deliberately not merged.

  • 28/mofall in the monthly rate (12%)— peak 226/mo (2026-07-31) to 198/mo now
  • 1transactions that did not happen— summed monthly shortfall vs the same-month normal, over 1 months below it (vs 2015-19 (COVID excluded))
  • rate_drop_from_peak is a change in the monthly rate; cumulative_shortfall_vs_normal counts transactions not transacted. They are different quantities and are not interchangeable.
2026-09-30

Redfin market data (county + ZIP), via Lotvox. As of 2026-09-30. Normal = same-month median of monthly rates, minimum 3 same-month points. Source window 3 months (flows shown per month). Aggregated over a fixed panel of 7 zips — the panel is fixed so a change in who reports cannot look like a change in the market. months_of_supply is not published at this grain (0 non-null rows measured); derived here as active listings / closed sales per month.

Verified county coverage:Onslow County, NC

Tracked ZIPs
10
Avg Score
61
Avg Median
$263,832
Market
Buyer's
Avg Composite
61/100
Avg Median Price
$263,832
Avg Rent
$1,083/mo
Avg Burden
28.4%of income

Buyer Leverage — Should I Buy in New Bern?

57
Avg Buyer Score
17 ZIPs analyzed
Strong Buyer
1
Moderate
6
Balanced
9
Seller Favored
1
Strong Seller
0
Best for Buyers
28571Oriental81
28510Minnesott Beach77
28556Oriental75
Most Competitive
28560New Bern39
28526Dover41
28532Havelock42

MODERATE — New Bern has mixed conditions, pockets of opportunity

28555
Maysville, onslow county
76
Median Price
$235,717
YoY
+5.1%
Payment Burden
21.8%
Buy vs Rent
Neutral
Days on Market
53
Supply
3.1 mo
Rent
$993
Val. Gap
—
28562
Trent Woods, craven county
64
Median Price
$316,843
YoY
+2.2%
Payment Burden
28%
Buy vs Rent
Neutral
Days on Market
60
Supply
3.7 mo
Rent
$1,599
Val. Gap
-23.7%
28560
New Bern, craven county
61
Median Price
$269,243
YoY
+2.1%
Payment Burden
28.6%
Buy vs Rent
Buy
Days on Market
71
Supply
4 mo
Rent
$1,617
Val. Gap
+34.4%
28571
Oriental, pamlico county
44
Median Price
$390,405
YoY
+1.0%
Payment Burden
37.9%
Buy vs Rent
Rent
Days on Market
88
Supply
10.9 mo
Rent
$1,145
Val. Gap
-34.2%
28526
Dover, craven county
68
Median Price
$134,418
YoY
+1.7%
Payment Burden
18.1%
Buy vs Rent
Buy
Days on Market
101
Supply
6 mo
Rent
$846
Val. Gap
+52.2%
28515
, pamlico county
43
Median Price
$178,222
YoY
+16.0%
Payment Burden
36.9%
Buy vs Rent
Rent
Days on Market
81
Supply
8.3 mo
Rent
$582
Val. Gap
-6.5%
28529
, pamlico county
71
Median Price
$199,156
YoY
+13.0%
Payment Burden
19.6%
Buy vs Rent
Rent
Days on Market
17
Supply
21 mo
Rent
$689
Val. Gap
-23.8%
28532
Havelock, craven county
72
Median Price
$233,465
YoY
+2.4%
Payment Burden
23.4%
Buy vs Rent
Buy
Days on Market
57
Supply
2.7 mo
Rent
$1,542
Val. Gap
+92.7%
28556
Oriental, pamlico county
67
Median Price
$326,860
YoY
+8.7%
Payment Burden
32.8%
Buy vs Rent
Rent
Days on Market
106
Supply
5.6 mo
Rent
$752
Val. Gap
—
28510
Minnesott Beach, pamlico county
43
Median Price
$353,994
YoY
+5.1%
Payment Burden
37.1%
Buy vs Rent
Rent
Days on Market
70
Supply
4.2 mo
Rent
$1,064
Val. Gap
—

Median price and 12-month change: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI); where a ZIP has no ZHVI value, the county assessor average. Days on market: Redfin Data Center, rolling 90 days; months of supply: Redfin Data Center. Rent: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI); where a ZIP has no ZORI value, the Census ACS county rent.

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