About North Carolina economy

North Carolina is in its history, a heavily agricultural state, many plantations in rice, cotton and tobacco, forestry with the additional production of tar and turpentine were also significant. Like most of southern secession began after the war only very slowly restructuring towards an industrialized society, a mainstay of the economy is well into the first decade of the 21st Century in agriculture and processing of agricultural and forestry products. After the loss of many jobs in manufacturing in the context of globalization, North Carolina has multiple efforts to research and development company offering. Besides the extremely positive development in the financial sector are now high-tech companies on the main employers in the former low-wage region. The real gross domestic product per capita (Engl. per capita GDP in real terms) in 2006 stood at 36,489 U.S. dollars, bringing the state in the lower midfield of the national average of the 50 U.S. states of USD 37,714 and on the 20th National Rank Square.

North Carolina real estate values

Listing Type Number Median Price Price Change
from Sep
Homes for Sale 126,163 $207,900 -0.0%
New Homes 591 $282,300 -0.2%
Foreclosures 18,221 $111,975 -0.3%

North Carolina real estate markets

The most popular real estate markets for the North Carolina state are in the following areas:

•    Asheboro
•    Asheville
•    Charlotte
•    Durham
•    Greensboto
•    Chapel Hill
•    Fort Bragg
•    Raleigh
•    Rocky Mount
•    Wilmington
•    Jacksonville

Bear in mind that the list of North Carolina real estate markets may be subject to change due to economic issues.