Kenly 27542

Raleigh-Cary, NC · Johnston County, NC · 3,864 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

52affordability /100

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

Payment burden
29.1%
stretched
Days on market
66
daily
Price cuts
25.2%
of active
Look up an address
67
/100
Stable
warming · buyer advantage · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
75
Affordability
65
Economic health
52

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

64/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
DOM: 79d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)60
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)75

Moderate buyer leverage in 27542. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 29.2% of median income. Median days on market: 79. Renting is approximately 143% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 29.1). Market appears 13% 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.
WARMINGBUYER ADVANTAGE

Market is warming with rising prices. Buyers have strong negotiating leverage.

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Market snapshoteach number, once

Median price
$269,978
▴ 2.9% YoY
Days on market
66
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$772
ZORI
Investor score
39/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
24
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$0
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
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vs county comps
+65.7%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Johnston+65.7%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$184
Price-to-income4.8×

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How 27542 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity47%
Supply tightness51%
Affordability34%
Investment yield19%
Appreciation66%

Affordability, supply & momentum

35SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply11.5 mo
Days on Market66d
Inv vs History-25.2%
Listing Density6.1/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$1,364
Payment burden29.1%
Median income · ZIP$56,157
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$1,634
Monthly rent$772
Market dynamics
Price cut %25.2%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBUYER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply11.5
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$772
Price-to-rent29.1
Est. cap rate2.2%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score9
Transit score
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Johnston 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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