Middlesex 27557

Rocky Mount, NC · Nash County, NC · 1,876 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
25.6%
affordable
Days on market
88
daily
Price cuts
24.4%
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79
/100
stable
warming · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.

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

62/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
DOM: 77d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)60
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)25
Days on Market (5%)75

Moderate buyer leverage in 27557. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 25.6% of median income. Median days on market: 77. Renting is approximately 141% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 28.9).

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.
WARMINGBALANCED

Market is warming with rising prices. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices up 4.4% YoY.

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Median price
$278,142
▴ 4.4% YoY
Days on market
88
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$802
ZORI
Investor score
42/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
62
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
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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$174
Price-to-income4.2×

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How 27557 ranks in NC
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Affordability, supply & momentum

9SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply22.8 mo
Days on Market88d
Inv vs History+22.2%
Listing Density21.9/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %24.4%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply22.8
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$802
Price-to-rent28.9
Est. cap rate2.2%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score2
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Nash 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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