Guest, Sign inJoin
Housing in Fairfield Harbour · A balanced market

A typical Fairfield Harbour home is worth about $331,000

Up 2.1% in a year, close to the North Carolina typical home. Homes typically sell in 83 days, below asking.

Typical home value
$331K
▲ 2.1% in a year · NC $335K
Zillow
Median sale price
$335K
May 2026 · Redfin
Days on market
83
Slower than NC (52)
Sale-to-list
97.4%
Homes sell below asking
Homes sold
15
in May · 75 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,190
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,418
NC $1,896

What kind of housing town is Fairfield Harbour?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Price trend

Up 37.8% in five years

Faster than North Carolina (23.2%).

Fairfield HarbourNorth Carolina
$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryFairfield HarbourNorth Carolina
2017$173,000$179,000
2018$176,000$190,000
2019$184,000$203,000
2020$189,000$215,000
2021$211,000$242,000
2022$256,000$287,000
2023$294,000$320,000
2024$312,000$332,000
2025$326,000$338,000
2026$330,000$336,000
August 2026$331,000$335,000
Then & now

A typical Fairfield Harbour home worth $171K in September 2016 is worth about $331K today.

+$161K
+2.1%
past year
+37.8%
past 5 years
+94%
since 2016

How Fairfield Harbour ranks on rising home prices →

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

The homes

89% of Fairfield Harbour households own their home

Half of Fairfield Harbour’s homes were built before 1990.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

North Carolina: 67% own.

1990
typical home built · NC 1991
$1,418
median property tax bill · NC $1,896
0.47%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NC 0.66%
12%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Market temperature

A balanced market

About 5 months of supply: neither buyers nor sellers have a clear edge.

BalancedA balanced marketBuyer’sSeller’s

Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.

5
months of supply · NC 3.9
83
days to sell · NC 52
97.4%
of asking price, at sale
13.3%
sold above asking
16.7%
under contract within 2 weeks
17
new listings in May

Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 4.6 years of income

About the same as across North Carolina. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$302,000
Typical Fairfield Harbour home $331K

That’s $29K short of a typical Fairfield Harbour home.

The typical home, each month
$1,870
Loan $1,640Tax $130Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190 a month here, $680 less than owning.

How Fairfield Harbour ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fairfield Harbour’s typical property tax (0.47% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190

Renters already here pay a median of $1,758.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$900
1 bedroom$910
2 bedrooms$1,190
3 bedrooms$1,600
4 bedrooms$1,990
11%
of households rent · NC 33%
101
renter households
73%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NC 49%
20%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,758
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Craven County, NC): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Neighbors talk housing

What Fairfield Harbour buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

Town Square →
Weigh in
The data says Fairfield Harbour is a balanced market. Is that what you’re seeing?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start the conversation

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

Post to Fairfield Harbour

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in