Market reports · November 2025

Burlington housing market, November 2025

The typical Burlington-area home was worth $291,591 in November, up 0.6% from a year ago.

FHFA’s repeat-sales index for the Burlington metro is up 3.4% over the year through Q3 2025. 165 homes sold across Alamance County in November, down 22.5% from a year earlier; 625 were for sale at the end of the month.

Compiled by Carolina Expansion Partners from public data (Zillow, FHFA and Freddie Mac via FRED, Redfin); questions to Matt MacLanders at (336) 585-8391. Home values and rents are for Alamance County; the repeat-sales index covers the Burlington metro; sale prices and days on market are for Alamance County, counts cover Alamance County.

Typical home value
$291,591
+0.6% vs a year ago · Zillow (ZHVI), Alamance County · +0.3% vs last month
Repeat-sales index
+3.4%
year over year · FHFA, Burlington metro, Q3 2025
Typical rent
$1,289
+1.1% vs a year ago · Zillow (ZORI), Alamance County, per month
30-year rate
6.23%
national average, week of November 26 · Freddie Mac
Median sale price (mix-sensitive)
$330,000
+3.3% vs a year ago · Redfin, Alamance County, November
Homes sold
165
−22.5% vs a year ago · Redfin, in November
For sale
625
−13.2% vs a year ago · Redfin, end of November
Median days on market
63
+20 days vs a year ago · Redfin, list to contract

No. 01

Typical home value, last 24 months

$279K$286K$294KFeb ’24May ’24Aug ’24Nov ’24Feb ’25May ’25Aug ’25Nov ’25$292KTypical home value (ZHVI)6-month average

Zillow Home Value Index for Alamance County: all homes, middle price tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted. The red line is the 6-month average.

No. 02

Same-home prices, last 5 years

91136180Q3 ’20Q3 ’21Q3 ’22Q3 ’23Q3 ’24Q3 ’25+71%Burlington metroNorth Carolina

FHFA All-Transactions House Price Index, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted; both lines set to 100 in Q3 2020. Built from repeat sales and refinance appraisals of the same homes with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages. Latest quarter: Q3 2025; North Carolina +3.2% year over year.

No. 03

Median sale price, last 24 months

$287K$320K$353KFeb ’24May ’24Aug ’24Nov ’24Feb ’25May ’25Aug ’25Nov ’25$330KMonthly median12-month average

Redfin, Alamance County, all residential property types, through November 2025. Monthly medians move with the mix of homes that happened to sell; the 12-month average smooths that out.

No. 04

Homes for sale vs. homes sold

0432865Feb ’24May ’24Aug ’24Nov ’24Feb ’25May ’25Aug ’25Nov ’25Homes soldFor sale at month end

Redfin, Alamance County, all residential property types, through November 2025.

No. 05

By town, November 2025

TownTypical valueValue vs. last yearMedian saleSoldMedian days
BurlingtonAlamance Co.$253,159−0.2%$261,4955862
MebaneAlamance Co.$354,304+0.5%$382,9903780
GrahamAlamance Co.$289,229+0.2%$330,00019114
SwepsonvilleAlamance Co.$350,029+1.6%$360,000790
ElonAlamance Co.$347,107+1.1%$410,000556
Green LevelAlamance Co.$269,0003114
Haw RiverAlamance Co.$296,850−1.8%$285,000124
Snow CampAlamance Co.$308,713+2.8%

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index by city or town as Zillow defines it, November. Median sale, sold and days: Redfin, November, as Redfin defines each town; a median of a few sales says little (towns with fewer than 10 sales are not compared year over year).

No. 06

How homes sold, November 2025

Sale-to-list
98.3%
−0.3 pts vs a year ago · average
Sold above list
17%
−3.2 pts vs a year ago · share of sales
Price drops
32%
−0.5 pts vs a year ago · share of listings
Months of supply
3.8
+0.4 vs a year ago · at the recent sales pace

Redfin, Alamance County.

No. 07

30-year mortgage rate

6.23%

National average, week of November 26, 2025 · +0.06 pts over 4 weeks

  1. 6.17%10/30
  2. 6.22%11/6
  3. 6.24%11/13
  4. 6.26%11/20
  5. 6.23%11/26

If you’re buying

  • The national average 30-year fixed rate was 6.23% in the week of November 26.
  • Zillow’s typical asking rent for Alamance County was $1,289 a month in November, up 1.1% from a year ago.
  • Homes in Alamance County spent a median 63 days on the market before going under contract in November.
  • 32% of homes for sale had a price cut during November.
  • On average, homes sold for 98.3% of their final list price.

If you’re selling

  • Zillow’s typical home value for Alamance County was up 0.3% from October to November.
  • FHFA’s repeat-sales index for the Burlington metro, which compares the same homes’ prices over time, was up 3.4% over the year through Q3 2025.
  • 17% of homes sold for more than their list price.
  • There were 3.8 months of supply: how long the homes for sale would last at the recent pace of sales.
  • 180 new listings came on the market in November, down 23.7% from a year earlier.

These are area-wide figures. A particular street, price range or home can differ; they are not a forecast or a valuation.

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Sources

  • Data by Redfin, a national real estate brokerage. Redfin Data Center market tracker: sales, listings, inventory, days on market, sale-to-list and price drops.
  • Zillow Research: Zillow Home Value Index. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI, typical home value) and Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI, typical asking rent).
  • FHFA House Price Index via FRED. U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency, All-Transactions House Price Index for our metro areas and North Carolina (repeat sales of the same homes), retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
  • Freddie Mac via FRED. Freddie Mac, 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the United States [MORTGAGE30US], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Public data only. These reports use no Triad MLS data; listing figures on our market pages are separate. Sources revise past months and quarters, so figures here can change after publication. Numbers describe homes and sales, not the people who buy or live in them.

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