Knightdale 27545

Raleigh-Cary, NC · Wake County, NC · 558 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

56affordability /100

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

Payment burden
26.4%
affordable
Days on market
63
daily
Price cuts
34.9%
of active
Valuation
-26.7%
vs assessor
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57
/100
Mixed
cooling · balanced · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
85
Valuation
50
Economic health
56

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

48/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 77d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)75

Balanced market in 27545. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 26.5% of median income. Median days on market: 77. Renting is approximately 47% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 17.6).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
COOLINGBALANCED

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices down 2.1% YoY.

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Median price
$372,371
▾ 2.1% YoY
Days on market
63
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,766
ZORI
Investor score
56/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
153
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-26.7%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$273,094
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+66.5%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Wake+66.5%
Johnston+65.7%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$127
Price-to-income4.4×

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How 27545 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity51%
Supply tightness47%
Affordability49%
Investment yield63%
Appreciation10%

Affordability, supply & momentum

26SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply12.9 mo
Days on Market63d
Inv vs History-5.3%
Listing Density12.8/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$1,881
Payment burden26.4%
Median income · ZIP$85,400
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$2,253
Monthly rent$1,766
Market dynamics
Price cut %34.9%
Momentumcooling
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply12.9
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,766
Price-to-rent17.6
Est. cap rate3.7%
Buy vs rentneutral

Livability

Walk score1
Transit score1
Bike score

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Wake 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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