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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.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 550, 264 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $444,281, Littleton real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Littleton, accounting for 76.77% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Littleton include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 12.26%), mobile homes or trailers ( 5.16%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 3.23%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Littleton are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 61.36% owning and 38.64% renting.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Littleton's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 44.19% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Littleton include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 33.55%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 17.74%). There's also some housing in Littleton built between 2000 and later ( 4.52%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Littleton. Fully 14.84% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Littleton homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Littleton 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.
Appreciation rates for homes in Littleton have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 103.18%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Littleton house appreciation rate of 7.35%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Littleton that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Littleton real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Littleton appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.13%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 71.55% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Littleton. Littleton appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.46%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 5.95%.
Relative to North Carolina, our data show that Littleton's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in North Carolina.
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