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• 🧠 Trivia Challenge: Spotlight Hook
• 🏡 Cary Real Estate: Single Family Homes & Townhomes Sold
• 🏡 Cary Real Estate: Cary Real Estate Market Trends
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Properties Sold in Cary, NC for Week of 26 June 2026 (Data source: Redfin)

Single Family Homes | Townhomes | |
|---|---|---|
# properties sold | 35 | 12 |
average price | $786,924 | $540,833 |
median price | $675,000* | $461,500* |
average size (sq ft) | 2,793 | 1,985 |
average price per sq ft | $285 | $266 |
Please note that we exclude land sales and condos. Here are a few statistics based on the sales from this past week.
*The median price being lower than the average (mean) sale price in this case typically suggests that there are a few higher-priced properties pulling the average up.
**The median price being higher than the average (mean) sale price in this case typically suggests that there are a few lower-priced properties pulling the average down.
The number of Single Family Homes sold by Postal Code:
27511: 8 homes sold, Median Price: $610,625
27513: 11 homes sold, Median Price: $567,500
27518: 2 homes sold, Median Price: $742,500
27519: 14 homes sold, Median Price: $752,500
The Top 10 Single Family Homes
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Address: 170 Pleasants Ave, Cary, NC 27511
Sold Price: $2,375,000 Beds: 4 Baths: 5.5 Size: 5,150 sq ft
Address: 1713 Cooper Bluff Pl, Cary, NC 27519
Sold Price: $1,508,000 Beds: 5 Baths: 4.5 Size: 4,110 sq ft
Address: 113 Old Pros Way, Cary, NC 27513
Sold Price: $1,500,000 Beds: 5 Baths: 3.5 Size: 3,899 sq ft
Address: 1325 Diamond Valley Dr, Cary, NC 27513
Sold Price: $1,260,000 Beds: 5 Baths: 4.5 Size: 4,390 sq ft
Address: 101 Shurling Pl, Cary, NC 27519
Sold Price: $1,180,000 Beds: 6 Baths: 5.0 Size: 6,288 sq ft
Address: 206 Slate Blue Pl, Cary, NC 27519
Sold Price: $1,075,000 Beds: 5 Baths: 3.0 Size: 2,956 sq ft
Address: 314 Montelena Pl, Cary, NC 27513
Sold Price: $1,030,000 Beds: 5 Baths: 5.0 Size: 5,377 sq ft
Address: 606 Stafford Brook Ln, Cary, NC 27519
Sold Price: $950,000 Beds: 5 Baths: 4.0 Size: 3,426 sq ft
Address: 113 Stoneleigh Dr, Cary, NC 27511
Sold Price: $900,000 Beds: 4 Baths: 3.5 Size: 3,061 sq ft
Address: 807 Carpenter Town Ln, Cary, NC 27519
Sold Price: $816,000 Beds: 4 Baths: 3.5 Size: 3,006 sq ft
The Top 5 Townhomes Sold
Address: 789 Crabtree Crossing Pkwy, Cary, NC 27513
Sold Price: $1,250,000 Beds: 3 Baths: 3.5 Size: 2,511 sq ft
Address: 147 Glenpark Pl, Cary, NC 27511
Sold Price: $796,000 Beds: 3 Baths: 2.5 Size: 2,800 sq ft
Address: 942 River Bark Pl, Cary, NC 27519
Sold Price: $595,000 Beds: 2 Baths: 2.5 Size: 2,558 sq ft
Address: 209 Wildfell Trl, Cary, NC 27513
Sold Price: $537,000 Beds: 3 Baths: 2.5 Size: 1,902 sq ft
Address: 2700 Kempthorne Rd, Cary, NC 27519
Sold Price: $535,000 Beds: 3 Baths: 3.0 Size: 2,164 sq ft
Cary Real Estate Market Trends

📈 Inventory Continues to Expand
The biggest story remains inventory growth.
790 homes currently listed in Cary (+16.3% YoY)
Zillow reports 463 active listings because it tracks inventory differently than Realtor.com.
🏡 Homes Are Taking Longer to Sell
Redfin reports:
Median sale price: $609,685
Average time on market: 31 days
Last year: 18 days
That's a 72% increase in market time.
💰 Prices Are Stable With Slight Softening
Latest verified numbers:
Median sold price: ~$610K (Redfin)
Median listing price: ~$616K (Realtor.com)
Prices have softened modestly but remain historically strong.
🤝 Negotiation Has Returned
According to Zillow:
64.3% of homes sold below asking
Median sale-to-list ratio: 98.7%
Only 21.2% sold above asking
CEO Takeaway:
More inventory means buyers have more leverage than they did a year ago.
Data sourced from Redfin, Movoto, Houzeo, Zillow · June 14, 2026 · Cary, NC
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A: Bats
Bats are the only mammals capable of sustained, powered flight. While other mammals like flying squirrels and colugos (sometimes called "flying lemurs") can glide through the air, they rely on gravity and flaps of skin to travel downward and cannot generate their own thrust or gain altitude.
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