Sapphire, NC 28774 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 75
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Home Value
$657,291
+1.4% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
75
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
8.3 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
84 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
15%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
95.4%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
29%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
-13%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$113
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 13% below this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm, cheaper relative to incomes than before the pandemic.
- Prices. Home values are up 1.4% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 38% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+17% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (75/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 4.6% below their final list price; 15% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 29% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $148k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,331 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $113 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. No clear direction: likely −7% to +9% over the next 12 months (63% 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: −7.4% to +8.9% (80% range; middle estimate +1.9%), chance of a rise 63%, of a 5%+ drop 15%.
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