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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With a population of 929, 433 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $216,040, house prices in Middlesex are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Middlesex, accounting for 75.08% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Middlesex include mobile homes or trailers ( 9.87%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.03%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.02%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Middlesex are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 58.66% owning and 41.34% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Middlesex 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 Middlesex built between 1940-1969 ( 27.93%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 23.41%). There's also some housing in Middlesex built before 1939 ( 7.02%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Middlesex. Fully 27.59% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Middlesex homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Middlesex 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.
In the last 10 years, Middlesex has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Middlesex real estate appreciated 117.68% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.09%, putting Middlesex in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Middlesex definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Middlesex that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Middlesex real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Middlesex appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 10.96%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 90.99% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Middlesex. Middlesex appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at -2.70%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -10.37%.
Notably, Middlesex's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to North Carolina, our data show that Middlesex's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in North Carolina.
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