The Triangle housing market is entering a more balanced phase in 2026, with Wake County inventory up 20.9%. The median price for a Wake County home in January was $450,000, Triangle MLS data shows.

In 2025, the U.S. housing market largely continued the sluggish trends that have defined the post-pandemic years: high prices, elevated mortgage rates, and persistent economic uncertainty.

In Fayetteville's pursuit of solutions to what its City Council has deemed a "housing crisis," one of the ideas from Mayor Molly Rawn's administration is to turn public property over to private ...