Morehead City, NC
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As of the latest 2026 data
Median Listing
Pending Ratio
Active Inventory
Median DOM
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Morehead City is currently a cooling market, with a pending ratio of 0.34 indicating demand absorption lagging inventory. This metric represents a decline of 3.9% over the past year, reflecting diminished market velocity.
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 Morehead City market right now.
Active listings have increased by 5.1% year-over-year, while new listings saw an 11.1% expansion. Concurrently, the median listing price has declined by 2.7% over the past year. The median days on market increased substantially by 18.9% year-over-year, reaching 98 days, suggesting a slower pace of transactions. The share of price-reduced listings decreased by 6.2% year-over-year, but overall demand metrics indicate a deceleration.
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 protracted median days on market and the current pending ratio suggest that listings require more time to secure contracts, placing pressure on pricing discipline. An expanding inventory and reduced absorption rate imply that properties may linger on the market, shifting leverage towards a more deliberate transaction pace. Market participants with properties that are not competitively priced may experience longer sale cycles.
The average listing price in Morehead City has declined by 4.2% year-over-year, while the median listing price experienced a more modest 2.7% reduction. This larger decline in the average price relative to the median, alongside a slight 1.4% year-over-year increase in median $/sqft, suggests some softening at the higher price tiers of the market.
633 active listings represent the current floor, with new supply arriving at roughly 160 per month.
of active listings carry a price reduction, -6.2% from prior period.
Median price per square foot has moved +1.4% year-over-year.
Pending-to-active ratio — Cooling.
Recommended For This Market
CoolingSelling in Morehead City, NC? Homes here are taking 16 days longer to sell than last year.
Buyers have leverage in Morehead City, NC. Homes that sell are the ones priced and presented for today's conditions, not last year's.
- Buyer Demand Index
- 34%
- Median Days on Market
- 98 days
- Inventory YoY
- +5%
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