Kinston, NC
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As of the latest 2026 data
Median Listing
Pending Ratio
Active Inventory
Median DOM
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The market is exhibiting a cooling trend, evidenced by a pending ratio of 0.28. Active listings have expanded significantly, rising 55.4% year-over-year, indicating a shift in supply dynamics.
Local Market Signals
Source: FRED (St. Louis Fed)Local economic trends can influence how quickly homes sell and how much competition sellers may face.
What's moving the Kinston market right now.
Active listings have increased by 55.4% over the past year, reaching 194 units, while new listings surged by 85.0% year-over-year. This substantial expansion in available inventory has coincided with a year-over-year decline in the pending ratio by 15.1 percentage points, settling at 0.28. The median listing price has seen a 6.3% rise year-over-year, despite a marginal month-over-month contraction of 1.0%, suggesting some price stabilization amidst rising supply.
Market Trends
Median Price
Active Inventory
Days on Market
Sold Score™
Sold Score™ Over Time
Market liquidity index • 36 months
Price & Days on Market
Median listing vs market velocity
Inventory Dynamics
Total active listings vs new monthly supply
Sourced from Realtor.com RDC Inventory Core Metrics, supplemented by the Primpted research desk. Updated As of the latest 2026 data.
Market Signals & Indicators
The expansion in active listings and the declining pending ratio suggest diminished urgency in the market. Negotiating leverage is shifting as inventory pressures ease, requiring more price discipline from sellers to facilitate transactions. The elongated median days on market, now at 82, further indicates a slower pace of absorption.
No distinct luxury-segment signal in this dataset.
194 active listings represent the current floor, with new supply arriving at roughly 74 per month.
of active listings carry a price reduction, -9.2% from prior period.
Median price per square foot has moved +3.0% year-over-year.
Pending-to-active ratio — Cooling.
Recommended For This Market
CoolingSelling in Kinston, NC? Homes here are taking 17 days longer to sell than last year.
Buyers have leverage in Kinston, NC. Homes that sell are the ones priced and presented for today's conditions, not last year's.
- Buyer Demand Index
- 28%
- Median Days on Market
- 82 days
- Inventory YoY
- +55%
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Metro Demographics
ZIPs in Kinston, NC
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beaufort
$544K
108 active · 80 DOM
28590
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$347K
102 active · 65 DOM
28570
newport
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morehead city
$459K
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28551
la grange
$298K
85 active · 110 DOM
28574
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28504
kinston
$249K
66 active · 86 DOM
28501
kinston
$180K
61 active · 74 DOM
28571
oriental
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56 active · 137 DOM
28513
ayden
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