The Triangle ZIP code ranked among the nation’s “hottest” for home sales isn’t in Raleigh or Durham.
Instead, it’s in the once-sleepy tobacco and farming town, Fuquay-Varina.
ZIP Code 27526 ranked No. 20 out of 41,704 ZIP codes for most sought-after neighborhoods in 2024, according to a new study from Opendoor, down from No. 18 last year. The hard-to-pronounce Fuquay-Varina (FEW-kway vuh-REE-nuh) is about 16 miles southwest of Raleigh in Wake County.
“Over the past three years, we’ve seen people choose to move away from city centers in favor of tighter-knit communities, but still live close enough to commute and be close to the action,” the real estate platform said in the release. “This year’s most popular areas are known for being fast-growing cities with plenty of new development, with healthy job growth.”
Opendoor analyzed data from listing services and ranked ZIP codes by how many homes went into contract within 90 days of listing.
The top two were in the Houston area, with Katy (77493) at No. 1 and Cypress (77433) at No. 2.
Here’s the complete list of 2024’s most popular ZIP codes:
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New Braunfels, TX – 78130
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Winter Garden, FL – 34787
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Saint Augustine, FL – 32092
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Fuquay-Varina, NC – 27526
Fuquay-Varina’s growth spurt
Settled in the early 1800s and first known as “Piney Woods,” Fuquay-Varina started out as two side-by-side towns: Fuquay Springs (along Main Street) and Varina (around Broad Street station).
In the early 1900s, tobacco farmers began…
