27568

Johnston County, NC · 619 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
26.7%
affordable
Days on market
84
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
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74
/100
Stable
· balanced · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
70
Affordability
85
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

69/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)80
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Days on Market (5%)75

Moderate buyer leverage in 27568. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 26.7% of median income. Median days on market: 84. Renting is approximately 181% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 33.7). Market appears 16% 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.
BALANCED

Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Market snapshoteach number, once

Median price
$320,000
▴ 0.0% YoY
Days on market
84
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$791
ZORI
Investor score
30/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
4
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.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
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$212
Price-to-income4.4×

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How 27568 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity31%
Supply tightness40%
Affordability49%
Investment yield9%
Appreciation

Affordability, supply & momentum

18SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply12.0 mo
Days on Market84d
Inv vs History--
Listing Density7.5/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$1,616
Payment burden26.7%
Median income · ZIP$72,639
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$1,936
Monthly rent$791
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentum
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply12
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$791
Price-to-rent33.7
Est. cap rate1.9%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score12
Transit score
Bike 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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