In Cary, resale homes carried a median of 13 days on market over the twelve months ending 12 September 2026. The fastest subdivisions — Highcroft, Wellsley, and The Reserve — closed in just 3 to 4 days. New construction is excluded entirely from this ranking: builder closings are recorded as sales but were never competitively marketed, and mixing them with resale data would make any ranking meaningless.
Which Cary neighborhoods sell fastest?
Thirty-one subdivisions had at least ten resale sales in the twelve months ending 12 September 2026, the minimum needed for a stable median. Ranked by median days on market, Highcroft, Wellsley, and The Reserve lead at 3 to 4 days; Twin Lakes, Camden Townhomes at Cary Park, and Stonewater trail at 46 to 75 days, against the citywide resale median of 13.
| Rank | Subdivision | Resale sales | Median days on market | Sales per month | Median sale price | Median price per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highcroft | 13 | 3 | 1.1 | $935,000 | $276 |
| 2 | Wellsley | 11 | 3 | 0.9 | $824,998 | $309 |
| 3 | The Reserve | 11 | 4 | 0.9 | $975,000 | $278 |
| 4 | MacArthur Park | 12 | 4 | 1.0 | $675,250 | $259 |
| 5 | Coventry Woods | 10 | 4 | 0.8 | $705,000 | $232 |
| 6 | MacGregor Downs | 19 | 5 | 1.6 | $951,500 | $310 |
| 7 | Carpenter Village | 26 | 6 | 2.2 | $785,750 | $265 |
| 8 | Oxxford Hunt | 25 | 6 | 2.1 | $589,000 | $261 |
| 9 | Scottish Hills | 21 | 6 | 1.8 | $490,000 | $270 |
| 10 | Preston Village | 21 | 6 | 1.8 | $1,300,000 | $332 |
| 11 | Renaissance at Regency | 16 | 7 | 1.3 | $762,500 | $268 |
| 12 | Devereaux | 13 | 8 | 1.1 | $646,000 | $281 |
| 13 | Lochmere | 55 | 10 | 4.6 | $802,500 | $276 |
| 14 | Preston | 37 | 10 | 3.1 | $1,150,000 | $366 |
| 15 | Brookgreen | 13 | 11 | 1.1 | $424,500 | $284 |
| 16 | Walnut Hills | 11 | 11 | 0.9 | $500,000 | $249 |
| 17 | Park Village | 23 | 12 | 1.9 | $545,000 | $299 |
| 18 | Pirates Cove | 12 | 13 | 1.0 | $450,000 | $241 |
| 19 | Amberly | 24 | 13 | 2.0 | $817,500 | $249 |
| 20 | Iron Gate | 12 | 18 | 1.0 | $538,500 | $341 |
| 21 | Cary Park | 40 | 18 | 3.3 | $853,500 | $272 |
| 22 | Heritage Pines | 15 | 19 | 1.2 | $555,000 | $289 |
| 23 | Brookstone | 10 | 20 | 0.8 | $680,150 | $263 |
| 24 | Kildaire Farms | 18 | 21 | 1.5 | $442,500 | $241 |
| 25 | Cameron Pond | 13 | 21 | 1.1 | $1,100,000 | $265 |
| 26 | Trappers Run | 11 | 21 | 0.9 | $455,000 | $282 |
| 27 | Chesapeake Condos | 10 | 22 | 0.8 | $202,450 | $227 |
| 28 | Copperleaf | 10 | 23 | 0.8 | $1,642,450 | $333 |
| 29 | Stonewater | 14 | 46 | 1.2 | $457,500 | $232 |
| 30 | Camden TH at Cary Park | 14 | 74 | 1.2 | $346,500 | $195 |
| 31 | Twin Lakes | 14 | 75 | 1.2 | $395,000 | $220 |
Based on information from the Doorify MLS, Inc. for the period 12 September 2025 through 12 September 2026.
Why does this ranking cover Cary only, and not all of North Carolina?
Because that is what the underlying data supports. This page draws on 1,822 closed residential sales recorded in the Doorify MLS for the city of Cary, Wake County, over the twelve months ending 12 September 2026. A statewide days-on-market ranking would require comparable subdivision-level data for every market in North Carolina, which this dataset does not contain. A ranking that claims a scope its data cannot support is not verifiable, and this page does not publish one.
Why are new construction and resale sales counted separately?
Because they behave as two different markets, and combining them makes any days-on-market ranking meaningless. Of the 1,822 closed sales, 1,550 were resale — homes built before 2021 — with a median of 13 days on market, a median sale price of $611,000, and only 2.5% closing at zero days. The remaining 248 sales were new construction, built 2021 or later, with a median of zero days on market and 79% closing at zero days.
A zero-day close usually means the home was never listed and shown to competing buyers in the way a resale listing is; it was sold directly by the builder before or at the moment the listing went active in the MLS. Twyla Walk closed all 50 of its sales at zero days. SOCA 56 closed 38 of 38 at zero days. Alston Landing closed 27 of 27, Mews at Preston Ridge 12 of 12, and Walker Row Condominium 11 of 11. Millstone closed all 12 of its sales at zero days, at a median price of $2,115,082.
The pattern is not simply about a home’s age, though. The Courtyards at West Cary had 11 new-construction sales, and none of them closed at zero days — the median there was 55 days. That single exception shows the real driver is how a community is sold, not how old the houses are. Because builder-direct closings are not competitive market events, this page ranks resale sales only.
Does a higher price mean a slower sale?
No. Price and speed move independently in this data. Preston Village posted the highest price on the fast end of the ranking, a $1,300,000 median, and still closed in a 6-day median. Chesapeake Condos, at a $202,450 median — the least expensive subdivision on the list — took 22 days. Copperleaf, the single most expensive subdivision in the ranking at a $1,642,450 median, took 23 days, roughly the same as Chesapeake Condos. Nothing in this data supports treating price tier as a predictor of how quickly a home under contract.
The three slowest subdivisions in the ranking are Twin Lakes at 75 days, Camden Townhomes at Cary Park at 74 days, and Stonewater at 46 days — all attached-housing or higher-density communities, all well above the citywide resale median of 13 days. Four Days, Sixty-One Days documents how far days on market can swing within a single subdivision over time, which is worth reading alongside any single median in this table.
What does “days on market” actually measure here?
Days on market in this ranking runs from the date a home is listed to the date it goes under contract, not to the closing date. Closing timing depends on due diligence periods and lender underwriting, which have little to do with a subdivision’s demand, so this page does not use time-to-close.
One accrual change affects this specific window. Doorify MLS changed how days-on-market accrues in July 2026, so that time spent in Coming Soon status — up to 14 days — no longer counts toward the total. Because this twelve-month window runs from 12 September 2025 to 12 September 2026, it straddles that change: sales before July 2026 and sales after it are measured on slightly different rules. This page reports the figures as recorded and states the change rather than adjusting the numbers to smooth it over.
What is the minimum sample size for a subdivision to appear?
Ten resale sales in the twelve-month window. That threshold matters because a median built from a handful of sales can swing on one unusually fast or slow closing. Of 377 distinct subdivisions that appeared anywhere in the resale data, only 31 reached ten or more sales and qualified for this ranking. Subdivisions below the threshold are excluded because their figures are statistically unreliable, not because they sold slowly — exclusion here is not a judgment on speed. Properties recorded in the MLS without a subdivision name are excluded from the dataset entirely, since there is no way to group them.
Is a fast-selling neighborhood a better investment?
No, and this table should not be read that way. Speed of sale reflects how a home was priced relative to demand and how little comparable inventory buyers had to choose from at the time — not future appreciation. A subdivision can post a fast median because its sellers priced conservatively, not because the location is inherently more desirable. Lochmere is a useful illustration of scale rather than speed: it recorded more resale volume than any other Cary subdivision in this window, 55 sales, roughly 4.6 a month, with a 10-day median that sits near the citywide figure rather than at the extreme fast end. For questions about school assignment, commute, or overall housing stock across Cary, see the Cary neighborhoods overview rather than this ranking.
Who should not rely on this ranking?
A buyer choosing a neighborhood for reasons other than price should not use median days on market as a proxy for fit — it says nothing about school assignment, commute, or housing stock. A seller should not read a fast median in a nearby subdivision as license to overprice a listing; pricing strategy is a conversation with a listing agent, not a regional statistic. Anyone drawing investment conclusions from this table alone should talk to a lender or a licensed financial professional rather than treat sale speed as a value signal. For the broader Wake County market context behind these figures, see the market section.
More market reporting
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- Cary, NC Price Per Square Foot by Subdivision
- New Construction vs. Resale in Cary, NC
- How Fast Do Cary, NC Townhomes and Small-Lot Homes Sell?
- What Do Homes Under $400,000 in Cary, NC Actually Look Like?
- Where Cary and Wake County Sellers Actually Go When They Leave
- Where Wake County Movers Come From, and Where They Go
About the author
Cameron Smith writes Move Up NC’s real estate guidance for Cary, Morrisville and the North Carolina Triangle.
Editorial note: This article reports market data for a defined period and area. Figures describe closed sales in that window and are not a forecast or a valuation of any individual property.