Durham 27701

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · Durham County, NC · 8,491 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

35affordability /100

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

Payment burden
39.6%
severe
Days on market
57
daily
Price cuts
28.0%
of active
Valuation
+179.5%
vs assessor
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35
/100
Weak
stable · buyer advantage · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
55
Affordability
25
Valuation
20
Economic health
35

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
Needs 24.2% correction for affordability
DOM: 78d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)75

Moderate buyer leverage in 27701. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 39.6% of median income. A 12% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 78. Renting is approximately 70% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 20.4).

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.
STABLEBUYER ADVANTAGE

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Buyers have strong negotiating leverage.

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Market snapshoteach number, once

Median price
$436,706
▴ 0.3% YoY
Days on market
57
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,783
ZORI
Investor score
51/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
137
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+179.5%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,220,615
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+68.0%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Durham+68.0%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$331
Price-to-income6.5×

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How 27701 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity59%
Supply tightness47%
Affordability12%
Investment yield51%
Appreciation31%

Affordability, supply & momentum

22SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply24.0 mo
Days on Market57d
Inv vs History+23.9%
Listing Density12.3/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,206
Payment burden39.6%
Median income · ZIP$66,852
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$2,643
Monthly rent$1,783
Market dynamics
Price cut %28.0%
Momentumstable
LeverageBUYER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply24
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,783
Price-to-rent20.4
Est. cap rate3.2%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score15
Transit score11
Bike score

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Durham 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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