Home prices for September in Southern Shores, Point Harbor and Kitty Hawk ranked again as some of the fastest-rising in North Carolina when compared to a year ago.
Increasing mortgage rates have slowed growth, with prices even declining in some places around the country. But some areas are still seeing price jumps compared to the year before.
The typical home value according to Zillow in Southern Shores last month was $785,129, the fourth-highest increase from September 2022 of $28,501 (3.7%). Value grew by $335,089 (74.5%) compared to five years ago.
Home values in Point Harbor, at the tip of the Currituck County mainland, rose to $436,152, rising by $20,458 (32nd in N.C., +4.9%) from a year ago, and $192,904 (79.3%) over the last five years.
Kitty Hawk is ranked 35th in the state, with typical home values increasing $19,461 (3.3%) to $617,151. The five year price change was $260,252 (+72.9%).
Another community in northeastern North Carolina, Bath, ranked 33rd with a $20,266 increase in September to $366,967 (+5.8 percent). Since 2018, home prices in the Beaufort County town that is also the oldest in the state went up by $128,843 (54.1%).
According to Zillow, the typical home value in the United States was $350,091 in September, 2.1% higher than the year before.
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#50. Boone
– 1-year price change: +$18,184 (+4.1%)
– 5-year price change: +$191,621 (+71.6%)
– Metro area: Boone, NC
#49. Hubert
– 1-year price change: +$18,270 (+7.6%)
– 5-year price change: +$100,742 (+64.3%)
– Metro area: Jacksonville, NC
#48. Lake Junaluska
– 1-year price change: +$18,359 (+4.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$192,082 (+75.5%)
– Metro area: Asheville, NC
#47. Pisgah Forest
– 1-year price change: +$18,484 (+4.6%)
– 5-year price change: +$178,510 (+73.8%)
– Metro area: Brevard, NC
#46. North Topsail Beach
– 1-year price change: +$18,690 (+3.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$252,824 (+97.2%)
– Metro area: Jacksonville, NC
#45. Whispering Pines
– 1-year price change: +$18,706 (+3.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$208,343 (+69.1%)
– Metro area: Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
#44. Black Mountain
– 1-year price change: +$18,711 (+4.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$173,315 (+62.1%)
– Metro area: Asheville, NC
#43. Leicester
– 1-year price change: +$18,827 (+4.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$153,322 (+59.7%)
– Metro area: Asheville, NC
#42. Rosman
– 1-year price change: +$18,874 (+6.2%)
– 5-year price change: +$131,971 (+68.5%)
– Metro area: Brevard, NC
#41. Neuse Forest
– 1-year price change: +$19,002 (+6.9%)
– 5-year price change: +$108,811 (+59.1%)
– Metro area: New Bern, NC
#40. Thurmond
– 1-year price change: +$19,182 (+8.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$111,286 (+79.8%)
– Metro area: North Wilkesboro, NC
#39. Minnesott Beach
– 1-year price change: +$19,340 (+6.1%)
– 5-year price change: +$116,086 (+52.2%)
– Metro area: New Bern, NC
#38. Mount Pleasant
– 1-year price change: +$19,340 (+5.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$153,073 (+76.4%)
– Metro area: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
#37. Penrose
– 1-year price change: +$19,380 (+5.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$170,781 (+85.2%)
– Metro area: Brevard, NC
#36. New Bern
– 1-year price change: +$19,452 (+8.0%)
– 5-year price change: +$103,191 (+64.5%)
– Metro area: New Bern, NC
#35. Kitty Hawk
– 1-year price change: +$19,461 (+3.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$260,252 (+72.9%)
– Metro area: Kill Devil Hills, NC
#34. Graham
– 1-year price change: +$19,540 (+8.2%)
– 5-year price change: +$114,202 (+80.0%)
– Metro area: Burlington, NC
#33. Bath
– 1-year price change: +$20,266 (+5.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$128,843 (+54.1%)
– Metro area: Washington, NC
#32. Point Harbor
– 1-year price change: +$20,458 (+4.9%)
– 5-year price change: +$192,904 (+79.3%)
– Metro area: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
#31. Spruce Pine
– 1-year price change: +$20,515 (+9.2%)
– 5-year price change: +$106,097 (+77.6%)
– Metro area: not in a metro area
#30. Richlands
– 1-year price change: +$20,588 (+9.0%)
– 5-year price change: +$101,181 (+68.6%)
– Metro area: Jacksonville, NC
#29. Saint James
– 1-year price change: +$20,603 (+3.0%)
– 5-year price change: +$289,777 (+70.5%)
– Metro area: Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
#28. Trent Woods
– 1-year price change: +$20,683 (+6.2%)
– 5-year price change: +$135,550 (+61.7%)
– Metro area: New Bern, NC
#27. Holly Ridge
– 1-year price change: +$20,767 (+6.7%)
– 5-year price change: +$140,629 (+74.8%)
– Metro area: Jacksonville, NC
#26. Aberdeen
– 1-year price change: +$20,844 (+7.0%)
– 5-year price change: +$131,799 (+71.3%)
– Metro area: Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
#25. Chapel Hill
– 1-year price change: +$20,866 (+3.6%)
– 5-year price change: +$218,318 (+56.9%)
– Metro area: Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
#24. Southern Pines
– 1-year price change: +$20,867 (+4.7%)
– 5-year price change: +$182,555 (+65.5%)
– Metro area: Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
#23. Denton
– 1-year price change: +$21,731 (+9.9%)
– 5-year price change: +$95,405 (+65.9%)
– Metro area: Winston-Salem, NC
#22. Brevard
– 1-year price change: +$21,863 (+5.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$187,481 (+76.8%)
– Metro area: Brevard, NC
#21. Horse Shoe
– 1-year price change: +$21,998 (+4.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$180,649 (+59.9%)
– Metro area: Asheville, NC
#20. Havelock
– 1-year price change: +$22,401 (+11.6%)
– 5-year price change: +$83,697 (+63.7%)
– Metro area: New Bern, NC
#19. Raeford
– 1-year price change: +$22,474 (+9.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$98,453 (+61.4%)
– Metro area: Fayetteville, NC
#18. Oriental
– 1-year price change: +$22,679 (+6.1%)
– 5-year price change: +$145,213 (+58.5%)
– Metro area: New Bern, NC
#17. Bogue
– 1-year price change: +$22,932 (+6.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$136,279 (+60.5%)
– Metro area: Morehead City, NC
#16. River Bend
– 1-year price change: +$23,244 (+9.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$107,337 (+67.3%)
– Metro area: New Bern, NC
#15. Cape Carteret
– 1-year price change: +$23,469 (+5.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$159,330 (+59.8%)
– Metro area: Morehead City, NC
#14. Macon
– 1-year price change: +$23,479 (+7.2%)
– 5-year price change: +$144,939 (+71.5%)
– Metro area: not in a metro area
#13. Wilmington
– 1-year price change: +$23,858 (+6.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$155,800 (+66.2%)
– Metro area: Wilmington, NC
#12. Carrboro
– 1-year price change: +$23,874 (+5.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$155,911 (+56.0%)
– Metro area: Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
#11. Morehead City
– 1-year price change: +$24,720 (+6.9%)
– 5-year price change: +$149,803 (+63.6%)
– Metro area: Morehead City, NC
#10. Castle Hayne
– 1-year price change: +$25,088 (+8.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$133,491 (+69.4%)
– Metro area: Wilmington, NC
#9. Moncure
– 1-year price change: +$25,141 (+6.7%)
– 5-year price change: +$163,373 (+68.5%)
– Metro area: Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
#8. Lake Toxaway
– 1-year price change: +$26,214 (+4.0%)
– 5-year price change: +$291,403 (+74.4%)
– Metro area: Brevard, NC
#7. Cedar Point
– 1-year price change: +$26,237 (+6.0%)
– 5-year price change: +$174,645 (+59.9%)
– Metro area: Morehead City, NC
#6. Bent Creek
– 1-year price change: +$26,425 (+5.7%)
– 5-year price change: +$182,702 (+59.5%)
– Metro area: Asheville, NC
#5. Fairview
– 1-year price change: +$27,739 (+5.7%)
– 5-year price change: +$191,822 (+60.0%)
– Metro area: Asheville, NC
#4. Southern Shores
– 1-year price change: +$28,051 (+3.7%)
– 5-year price change: +$335,089 (+74.5%)
– Metro area: Kill Devil Hills, NC
#3. Emerald Isle
– 1-year price change: +$28,075 (+4.1%)
– 5-year price change: +$301,958 (+73.5%)
– Metro area: Morehead City, NC
#2. Swansboro
– 1-year price change: +$30,142 (+10.0%)
– 5-year price change: +$136,930 (+70.1%)
– Metro area: Jacksonville, NC
#1. Biltmore Forest
– 1-year price change: +$46,738 (+3.2%)
– 5-year price change: +$561,807 (+59.6%)
– Metro area: Asheville, NC
