Shawboro 27973

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC · Currituck County, NC · 759 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

53affordability /100

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

Payment burden
28.8%
stretched
Days on market
40
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
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65
/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

71/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
DOM: 131d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)100
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)100

Moderate buyer leverage in 27973. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 28.8% of median income. Median days on market: 131. Renting is approximately 150% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 30.0). Market appears 36% overpriced vs. assessed values.

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.

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Median price
$404,216
▴ 1.9% YoY
Days on market
40
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,122
ZORI
Investor score
37/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
18
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
vs income
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fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
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$210
Price-to-income4.8×

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How 27973 ranks in NC
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Affordability, supply & momentum

17SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply48.0 mo
Days on Market40d
Inv vs History+39.0%
Listing Density32.4/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply48
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,122
Price-to-rent30.0
Est. cap rate2.2%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

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Currituck County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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