27939

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC · Currituck County, NC · 2,121 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

37affordability /100

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

Payment burden
37.9%
severe
Days on market
95
daily
Price cuts
13.7%
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37
/100
weak
stable · balanced · prices easing 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

84/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Strong Buyer's Market
Needs 20.8% correction for affordability
DOM: 91d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)100
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)100

Strong buyer leverage in 27939. If you must buy now, offer 10-15% below list price. Payment burden: 38.0% of median income. A 8% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 91. Renting is approximately 138% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 28.6). Market appears 55% overpriced vs. assessed values.

What to Offer

Offer 10-15% below list price. Sellers are under pressure.

Conditions most similar to late 2007 — overvaluation without corresponding income growth. Significant correction potential.
STABLEBALANCED

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

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Median price
$395,334
▾ 0.2% YoY
Days on market
95
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,153
ZORI
Investor score
33/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
33
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
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Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$0
county CAMA · properties_v
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vs county comps
+68.2%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Currituck+68.2%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$282
Price-to-income6.3×

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How 27939 ranks in NC
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Affordability, supply & momentum

11SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply48.0 mo
Days on Market95d
Inv vs History-2.5%
Listing Density28.8/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %13.7%
Momentumstable
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply48
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,153
Price-to-rent28.6
Est. cap rate2.3%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

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