The story of this market
The typical home in Harnett County, North Carolina sells for about $334,551, or $164 per square foot.
Prices are down 4.1% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 65 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 78% since 2000. Last year 14 of 23 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,051 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,051 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
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 (+23.4%). Worst: 2010 (-3.4%). 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
$1,455
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
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 23 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
44
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $37,322,188.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
77.8%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6545 | 3319 | 77.8% | 4.1% | $175,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Harnett County, North Carolina
Harnett County's housing market has transitioned into a more balanced stance, featuring a median sales price around $335,000 with modest year-over-year price adjustments (-4.1%) and listings averaging 65 days on market. Steady buyer demand remains driven by affordability advantages compared to neighboring Wake County, paired with enduring military relocations associated with Fort Liberty.
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 up 0.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 64 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 2.45% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.3% · poverty 13.5% — 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 8 researched ZIP reports of 10 — 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.
Harnett County, North Carolina — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 10.0%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
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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| 27501 | Angier | $369,950 | $180 | +0.3% | 116 | 98% | 50% | 11.5 | 413 | $1,005 | researched Sep 16 |
| 27506 | Buies Creek | $235,000 | $186 | +0.5% | 57 | 98% | — | 3.7 | 1,600 | $1,500 | researched Sep 16 |
| 27521 | Coats | $316,796 | $174 | 0% | 39 | — | — | — | 53 | $894 | researched Sep 16 |
| 27526 | Fuquay-Varina | $444,000 | $211 | +7.2% | 76 | 98.5% | 15% | 3.4 | 507 | $1,642 | researched Sep 19 |
| 27543 | Kipling | $339,900 | $177 | +0.1% | 76 | 98.5% | 21% | 3.4 | 134 | $1,450 | researched Sep 17 |
| 27546 | Lillington | $350,000 | $154 | 0% | 78 | — | — | — | 1,848 | $1,136 | researched Sep 20 |
| 28323 | Anderson Creek | $229,900 | $179 | +13.6% | 63 | — | — | — | 78 | $1,115 | researched Sep 20 |
| 28334 | Dunn | $279,000 | $179 | +13.4% | 81 | 97.3% | — | — | 97 | $830 | researched Sep 20 |
| 28339 | Erwin | $285,000 | $176 | — | 41 | — | — | — | 86 | $875 | researched Oct 8 |
| 28390 | Spring Lake | $272,493 | $159 | +3.1% | 65 | — | — | — | 22 | $1,249 | researched Sep 20 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Harnett County exhibits moderate property and violent crime rates that generally track slightly below the statewide North Carolina average, with lower incident counts in rural communities and slightly higher concentrations in urbanized nodes like Dunn.
Harnett County Schools serves the county alongside Campbell University in Buies Creek; district performance tends to track around the state median with standout elementary and middle options toward the Wake and Johnston County borders.
First Street reports minor overall county flood risk (around 4% of structures exposed) primarily along the Cape Fear River corridor, while hurricane-driven wind (over 80% exposure) and summer extreme heat present the primary climate vulnerabilities.
Harnett benefits substantially from spillover growth along the US-401 and NC-55 corridors from the booming Research Triangle (Raleigh-Durham) to the north, as well as defense-linked momentum from Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) to the south.
Harnett County levies an ad valorem property tax rate of approximately $0.591 per $100 of assessed valuation, supplemented by municipal rates, countywide fire district levies, and standard North Carolina homestead and military veteran exemptions.
Raven Rock State Park provides extensive hiking, bridle trails, and Cape Fear River rapids, while Anderson Creek Golf Club, Cape Fear River Trail Park, and regional greenways anchor outdoor recreation across the county.
The rental market is bolstered by steady demand from military households connected to Fort Liberty as well as Campbell University graduate and undergraduate students, yielding solid occupancy and stable yields.
Harnett County's economy is anchored by higher education and healthcare (Campbell University and Harnett Health), manufacturing and logistics, military-support industries serving Fort Liberty, and agriculture.
Primary roadway arterials include Interstate 95 running through Dunn in the eastern portion of the county, along with US-401, US-421, and NC-55 providing essential links north to Raleigh and south to Fayetteville.
County planning is actively focused on managing low-density rural preservation against fast-paced suburban residential subdivision growth pushing south from southern Wake County.
The Harnett County Tax Department assesses real estate based on periodic general reappraisals (conducted on a multi-year cycle) under North Carolina General Statutes to reflect fair market value.
Special taxing and administrative entities include municipal fire districts, the Harnett County Central Carolina Community College service district, and county water and sewer utility districts.
Property insurance is generally standard inland North Carolina underwriting, with limited baseline coastal hurricane surcharges but occasional wind/hail deductibles required by major carriers.
- Dave & Buster's Cary429.4 mi
- Happy Feet Planet Apex4.724.6 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.426.6 mi
- RushHour Karting4.628.9 mi
- Buffaloe Lanes Cary Family Bowling Center4.429.7 mi
- Koka Booth Amphitheatre4.726.1 mi
- AMC DINE-IN Holly Springs 93.721.5 mi
- Crown Coliseum4.423.7 mi
- North Main Athletic Complex4.721.5 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.426.6 mi
- Raven Rock State Park4.87.5 mi
- Aloha Safari Park4.613.3 mi
- Tobacco Road Golf Course4.618.8 mi
- AMC Fayetteville 144.419.8 mi
- Harris Lake County Park4.818.4 mi
- Historic Yates Mill County Park4.727.5 mi
- Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation4.920.9 mi
- New Hope Valley Railway4.721.5 mi
- 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum4.717.6 mi
- Fascinate-U Children's Museum4.221.1 mi
- Raven Rock State Park4.87.5 mi
- Harris Lake County Park4.818.4 mi
- Deep Creek ATV4.513 mi
- Broadway Zoological Park4.98.2 mi
- Beech Bluff County Park4.919.5 mi
- Carolina Lakes Marina private property4.510.2 mi
- Tobacco Road Golf Course4.618.8 mi
- Keith Hills Golf Club4.47.9 mi
- Carolina Trace Country Club4.413 mi
- Quail Ridge Golf Course4.520 mi
- Anderson Creek Club4.46.9 mi
- Fort Bragg North Post Main Exchange4.414.9 mi
- Harris Teeter4.417.5 mi
- Harris Teeter4.419.6 mi
- Sun Asian Supermarket4.719.3 mi
- Kohl's4.317.6 mi
- Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY)3.725.3 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Spans over 4,800 acres along the Cape Fear River near Lillington, featuring a 150-foot crystalline cliff, miles of hiking and equestrian trails, and river access for kayaking.
A premier 18-hole championship Davis Love III-designed course anchoring the master-planned Anderson Creek community in southern Harnett County.
Located in Dunn, celebrating the 'Father of the U.S. Airborne' in a restored Neoclassical Revival home detailing WWII paratrooper history.
Situated in downtown Lillington, offering boat ramps, fishing piers, paved trails, and open green space directly on the banks of the Cape Fear River.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year profile for Harnett County, NC (FIPS 37085).
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.