VALE HOUSING MARKET INFORMATION With 10,805 people, 3,998 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $305,258, Vale real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns. Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Vale, accounting for 70.05% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Vale include mobile homes or trailers ( 29.95%). Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Vale. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 81.41% of Vale's homes, and 63.43% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America. There is a lot of housing in Vale 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 Vale built between 2000 and later ( 19.77%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 16.63%). There's also some housing in Vale built before 1939 ( 5.58%). VALE HOME APPRECIATION RATES In the last 10 years, Vale has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Vale real estate appreciated 124.01% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.40%, putting Vale in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Vale definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years. Over the last year, Vale appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Vale's appreciation rate has been 5.50%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, 蘑菇视频's data show that house appreciation rates in Vale were at -0.45%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -1.77%. Notably, Vale's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America. Relative to North Carolina, our data show that Vale's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in North Carolina.