Durham 27704

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · Durham County, NC · 17,663 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

50affordability /100

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

Payment burden
30.6%
stretched
Days on market
41
daily
Price cuts
31.7%
of active
Valuation
-82.5%
vs assessor
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35
/100
Weak
cooling · balanced · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
9
Affordability
65
Valuation
20
Economic health
50

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: 40d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)25
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)40

Balanced market in 27704. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 30.6% of median income. Median days on market: 40. Renting is approximately 24% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 14.9).

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 3.2% YoY.

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Median price
$314,927
▾ 3.2% YoY
Days on market
41
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,765
ZORI
Investor score
64/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
141
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-82.5%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$55,000
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$207
Price-to-income5.0×

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How 27704 ranks in NC
percentile vs all North Carolina ZIPs · n=834
Market velocity79%
Supply tightness78%
Affordability28%
Investment yield78%
Appreciation5%

Affordability, supply & momentum

34SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply18.6 mo
Days on Market41d
Inv vs History+11.6%
Listing Density8.8/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$1,591
Payment burden30.6%
Median income · ZIP$62,435
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$1,906
Monthly rent$1,765
Market dynamics
Price cut %31.7%
Momentumcooling
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply18.6
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,765
Price-to-rent14.9
Est. cap rate4.4%
Buy vs rentfavors buying

Livability

Walk score4
Transit score7
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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