Cary, NC Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Cary: a median closing price of $607,500 across 1,298 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Cary, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Cary sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 1,298
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $607,500
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $264
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $465,000 and $819,366
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 1,298 closed sales in Cary over the last six months, with a median closing price of $607,500. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $465,000 and $819,366. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. The large tracked sample provides substantial market-level evidence. Across the 1,294 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $233 and $299 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Cary, NC (August 2026)
The median home price in Cary is $607,500, measured across the 1,298 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $465,000 and $819,366.
Where Cary sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Cary over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $465,000 and $819,366. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 10 days, across 1,010 Cary closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 33 days, across 1,000 Cary closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Cary angle
Across 1,298 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price in Cary was $607,500, and the middle half of sales closed between $465,000 and $819,366. That spread sits close to the middle of the range we see across the markets we track, so the citywide median is a usable orientation point and a poor substitute for real comps. The upper side of the band runs further from the median than the lower side does, meaning an above-average Cary property has more room to run than a below-average one has to fall.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Cary address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Cary, NC
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 1,298
Median sold price: $607,500
Median sold $/sqft: $264 (1,294 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/cary-nc-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Cary over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Cary?
The median sold price in Cary over the last 6 months is $607,500, measured across 1,298 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Cary last month?
Resideline tracked 217 closed sales in Cary in July 2026, out of 1,298 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Cary?
The middle half of Cary sales over the last six months closed between $465,000 and $819,366, with a median of $607,500.
What is the typical price per square foot in Cary?
Among qualifying Cary closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $264, measured across 1,294 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How much weight should the Cary median carry when I price a single house?
Treat $607,500 as a sanity check rather than an answer. With the middle half of Cary closings landing between $465,000 and $819,366, a spread close to typical for the markets we track, two ordinary homes can sit on opposite sides of that band without either being unusual. Because Resideline tracked 1,298 closings here over six months, you have enough matched sales to build a comp set and let it, not the citywide midpoint, set the number.
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