HAVELOCK HOUSING MARKET INFORMATION With 16,500 people, 5,121 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $250,564, house prices in Havelock are solidly below the national average. Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Havelock, accounting for 59.79% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Havelock include row houses and other attached homes ( 20.72%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.96%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 5.77%). The most prevalent building size and type in Havelock are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 36.63% owning and 63.37% renting. There is a lot of housing in Havelock built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Havelock built between 2000 and later ( 26.54%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 16.10%). Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Havelock. Fully 12.31% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Havelock homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Havelock real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor. HAVELOCK HOME APPRECIATION RATES Appreciation rates for homes in Havelock have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to 蘑菇视频 data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 96.93%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Havelock house appreciation rate of 7.01%. Appreciation rates are so strong in Havelock that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Havelock real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Havelock appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 11.65%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 94.63% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Havelock. Havelock appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.38%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 9.85%. Relative to North Carolina, our data show that Havelock's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in North Carolina. One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Havelock differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use 蘑菇视频 to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Havelock - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Havelock real estate investment or home purchase decisions.