The story of this market
The typical home in Watauga County, North Carolina sells for about $510,967, or $351 per square foot.
Prices are down 14.5% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 61 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 154% since 2000. Last year 8 of 13 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is landslide, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,311 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,311 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+2.2%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+20.9%). Worst: 2010 (-6.2%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.7%
NC · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,737
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+2.2%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 13 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
77
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $25,974,370.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
79.7%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2298 | 1347 | 79.7% | 10.6% | $265,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Watauga County, North Carolina
The Watauga County housing market is experiencing a significant correction with median sale prices down 14.5% year-over-year. Rising inventory levels and a cooling demand environment are contributing to a shift in market dynamics, resulting in longer days on market and a lower sale-to-list price ratio.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 5.2% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 79 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 96% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.2% · poverty 18.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 4 researched ZIP reports of 6 — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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researched Sep 16
| 28604 | Seven Devils | $385,000 | $215 | +4.2% | 48 | 97.5% | 18% | 5.8 | 112 | $991 | researched Sep 16 |
| 28605 | Blowing Rock | $837,500 | $436 | -8.4% | 82 | — | — | — | 162 | $1,112 | researched Sep 16 |
| 28607 | Boone | $640,000 | $368 | -5.2% | 79 | 96% | — | — | 547 | $1,152 | researched Sep 16 |
| 28608 | Boone | $611,000 | $396 | -4.5% | 78 | 96.6% | 14.1% | 106.3 | 425 | $2,200 | researched Sep 16 |
| 28679 | Sugar Grove | $425,000 | $235 | +3.2% | 88 | 96.5% | 12% | 9.5 | 42 | $1,014 | researched Sep 20 |
| 28691 | — | $245,000 | $142 | +2.1% | 48 | 97.2% | 18.5% | 3.8 | 112 | $1,350 | researched Sep 16 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and DataUSA profiles.
applies when — Applies to parcels where the title holder has created or is subject to recorded easements, restrictions, or conditions.
Imposes binding limitations on the use, development, or maintenance of the parcel as defined in the recorded instrument.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 39-6.4
A tax lien attaches to all real property, taking priority over all other liens and encumbrances regardless of when they were created.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-355
applies when — Applies to parcels governed by a Homeowners' Association (Chapter 47F) or Condominium Association (Chapter 47C) where assessments remain unpaid.
Associations may file a claim of lien and foreclose in a manner similar to a mortgage under power of sale, or through a civil action.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47F-3-116 and § 47C-3-116
Allows for non-judicial foreclosure, though it requires a hearing before the Clerk of Superior Court to authorize the sale. Borrowers are entitled to a pre-foreclosure notice at least 45 days prior to the filing of a notice of hearing for primary residences.
N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 45, Article 2A and Article 11
Tax is calculated by multiplying the assessed value of the property by the combined state and local tax rate. The formula is: Tax = (Assessed Value / 100) * Tax Rate. Assessment is based on the true value in money, with counties required to conduct revaluations at least every eight years.
N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 105, Article 12 (2025)
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.