Zebulon 27597

Raleigh-Cary, NC · Wake County, NC · 3,358 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

58affordability /100

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

Payment burden
25.5%
affordable
Days on market
77
daily
Price cuts
33.4%
of active
Valuation
-36.9%
vs assessor
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55
/100
Mixed
stable · balanced · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
85
Valuation
35
Economic health
58

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

50/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 109d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)40
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)25
Cancellation Rate (10%)50
Days on Market (5%)100

Balanced market in 27597. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 25.5% of median income. Median days on market: 109. Renting is approximately 21% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 14.5).

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

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$344,453
▾ 0.5% YoY
Days on market
77
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,979
ZORI
Investor score
71/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
251
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-36.9%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$217,499
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%
Wake+66.5%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$72
Price-to-income4.2×

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How 27597 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity36%
Supply tightness0%
Affordability57%
Investment yield80%
Appreciation23%

Affordability, supply & momentum

14SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply17.4 mo
Days on Market77d
Inv vs History+2.8%
Listing Density24.6/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$1,740
Payment burden25.5%
Median income · ZIP$81,862
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$2,084
Monthly rent$1,979
Market dynamics
Price cut %33.4%
Momentumstable
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply17.4
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,979
Price-to-rent14.5
Est. cap rate4.5%
Buy vs rentfavors buying

Livability

Walk score1
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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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