Homes for Sale in Morganton, NC
Foothills gateway with a thriving downtown food scene, riverfront greenway, and quick access to Lake James.
Active Homes for Sale in Morganton
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The Morganton market, measured — not guessed.
There are 89 residential listings on the market in Morganton, Burke County, at a median asking price of $335K, and recent sales took a median of 51 days to close.
What you can buy, by price
Share of the 24 most recent active listings in Morganton.
How many bedrooms are available
Share of the 24 most recent active listings in Morganton.
Common questions about buying in Morganton
- How much does a house cost in Morganton, NC?
- Across the 89 residential homes currently listed in Morganton, the median asking price is $335K, with active listings running from $145K to $2.70M. These figures come straight from the Canopy MLS feed and change as listings come and go.
- What are homes actually selling for in Morganton?
- 60 homes have closed in Morganton in the last 6 months at a median sold price of $317K. Those sales closed at a median of 100% of asking price. Sold price is the number that matters when you are pricing your own home — asking prices only tell you what sellers hoped for.
- How long do homes take to sell in Morganton, NC?
- The median home that closed in Morganton over the last 6 months spent 51 days on the market. Half sold faster, half took longer — condition, price and time of year move this number more than anything else.
- What is the price per square foot in Morganton?
- Active listings in Morganton are asking a median of $218 per square foot, on a median home size of 1,700 square feet. Price per square foot is useful for comparing similar homes in the same area, but it breaks down across different lot sizes, ages and finish levels.
- Is it a buyer's or seller's market in Morganton?
- Morganton currently has about 8.9 months of inventory — 89 active listings against a recent pace of roughly 10.0 sales a month. As a rule of thumb the industry reads under six months as favouring sellers and over six as favouring buyers, but that is a guideline, not a verdict on any one house.
- Who can show me homes in Morganton?
- Any True North Realty broker can show you any listing in Morganton regardless of which company has it listed. We are a locally owned brokerage and a member of Canopy MLS — we do not sell your contact details to other agents, and the person who answers is the person you work with.
What's actually happening in Morganton, NC.
Data pulled live from Canopy MLS · Updated 8/10/2026.
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