Best places to buy a rental property in North Carolina

Ranked by the engine's tracked 5-year appreciation across 34 covered markets in North Carolina, snapshot 2026-10-29. Appreciation history is context, not a forecast.

Market	Home value	3y	5y	10y	Active listings
Cary	$1,812,103	5.5%	44.2%	-	-
Waxhaw	$1,271,157	14.4%	42.6%	96.9%	-
New Bern	$277,786	10.8%	39.4%	98.8%	-
Greenville	$228,009	12.2%	39.3%	111.1%	-
Burlington	$260,679	6.8%	38.6%	107.8%	-
Washington	$292,354	12.8%	38.1%	104.5%	-
West End	$487,427	6.9%	35.0%	93.1%	-
Concord	$796,649	5.7%	33.9%	80.7%	-
Wilmington	$362,597	3.7%	33.7%	94.4%	-
Linville	$1,518,488	21.4%	33.4%	-	-

Full list: every tracked market in North Carolina with 5-year appreciation data below.

Fayetteville - 33.2%
Lincolnton - 30.6%
Hickory - 30.6%
Advance - 29.8%
Morrisville - 29.6%
Gastonia - 28.4%
Raleigh - 25.7%
Asheville - 25.5%
Banner Elk - 24.5%
Statesville - 23.4%
Hendersonville - 23.1%
Chapel Hill - 22.3%
Garner - 22.3%
Kernersville - 21.7%
Winston-Salem - 20.8%
Charlotte - 20.8%
Durham - 20.5%
Greensboro - 18.6%
Goldsboro - 18.4%

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All figures are engine estimates from the LumosTerra tracked-data snapshot as of 2026-10-29. They are starting points, not recommendations - verify rents, comps and local rules before acting on any of them.

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