Chapel Hill, NC 27517 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 46
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Home Value
$673,134
+0.4% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
46
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
4.0 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
58 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
25%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
98.3%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
38%
Aug 2026
Rental Rate
$1,669/mo
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
18%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$134
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 18% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are flat over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 31% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+54% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is moderate (46/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 1.7% below their final list price; 25% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 38% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $162k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,506 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $2,372/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $134 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. No clear direction: likely −8% to +9% over the next 12 months (62% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
No clear direction
A rise is somewhat more likely than a fall, but not by enough to call. Likely change: −7.6% to +8.7% (80% range; middle estimate +1.7%), chance of a rise 62%, of a 5%+ drop 16%.
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