Raleigh is an amazing, vibrant city with tons of things to do,
but the question remains... where should you live? I'm going to break it down for you
right here in this video... the best places for you to live in Raleigh North Carolina.
Hi. Chris Morton here with eXp realty. Today in this video we're going to break down the different
sections of Raleigh North Carolina, give you an idea about what housing is like in the area,
the shopping, the restaurants, the things to do, basically anything you need to know
to help make a better decision about what part of Raleigh to move to. So with that being said,
let's get started. First up is downtown Raleigh. Downtown Raleigh is very vibrant,
exciting, lots of shops, lots of restaurants, very very walkable area. Some of the best restaurants
and bars we have here in the city are in Downtown Raleigh. Including a couple of food halls,
Transfer and Morgan Street which are full of really cool restaurants inside of these buildings,
great opportunity to try lots of different kinds of food now with all the really cool things to do,
housing unfortunately in downtown Raleigh tends to be a little bit more on the expensive side
we do have apartments down there, condos, townhomes, and detached homes but the detached
homes are going to be on a little bit smaller lot, going to be a little bit more expensive.
Homes in this area range from $170,000 all the way up to 3 million with the average being about
$650,000. You're gonna see typically an older home sitting right beside a brand new home. What's
happened is they've taken one of the older homes, tore it down, and put a brand new home on the lot,
much much bigger obviously, and that's how we're ending up with those three million dollar prices
down there. Next up we have midtown. Midtown is between downtown Raleigh and North Raleigh. It's
a really very cool vibrant area, mixed use area. You're going to see a couple of major shopping
centers in this area, Crabtree Valley Mall which is one of our largest regional malls here in the
Raleigh area as well as the mixed-use North Hills development that's got apartments, condos,
detached homes around it and tons and tons of shopping. Also in this area you have Wegman's,
Trader Joe's, Costco. So as you can imagine, people come to the area for shopping
as well as great places to live. As I said, there's a lot of apartments here in in the midtown
area as well as condos and single-family homes. Single-family homes are typically going to be on a
little bit larger lot than you find downtown, and you're still going to see those 1970s 1980s homes
right next to a brand new home. Homes in this section of Raleigh range from $106,000 up to
4 million, with the average being about $889,000 right now. The next section I want to talk about
is West Raleigh. At the core of West Raleigh is NC State University so you're going to see
lots of college kids in this area, but the area has way more than just college scene going on.
The State Farmer's Market, which runs seven days a week is here in West Raleigh
as is the NC State Fairgrounds. PNC arena is in West Raleigh which is where NC State basketball
and the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team play. Also in west Raleigh is Cameron Village, a mixed-use
area that has tons of apartments, shopping, restaurants, really really cool area that brings
people in from everywhere. As far as housing goes, in West Raleigh you're going to find apartments,
condos, townhomes, and detached homes, and just like you find in Downtown Raleigh and Midtown,
West Raleigh has a lot of older charming homes as well as brand new homes right beside it,
that they've taken an older home and torn down. Right now as we're filming this,
homes in West Raleigh range from about $110,000 all the way up to 3 million with the average being
about $660,000. Next up you have South Raleigh. Now South Raleigh is not known for its shopping,
restaurants, things do, that sort of thing, it's mostly the chain restaurants that you're going to
find in this area. However it does have one great advantage. It has amazing easy access to Downtown
Raleigh with all the shopping and restaurants that Downtown has. Now nothing is official yet,
but there's plans underway for a professional soccer arena and entertainment district in
the South Raleigh area, and if that does indeed come to pass you're going to see
increased housing, and increased restaurants and things to do in that area. Housing prices
in South Raleigh tend to be a little bit less expensive than most parts of Raleigh,
with homes ranging currently between $165,000 and $590,000 with the average being $324,000.
Next up we have East Raleigh. We've also included Northeast Raleigh into this because they pretty
much run together. This side of Raleigh has quite a few parks and green spaces, and the Raleigh
Greenway runs from one end of it to the other. For shopping, you have a lot of strip malls in this
area, as well as Triangle Town Center mall, which is at the corner of Capital Boulevard and 540.
There's also a lot of restaurants in this area as well. Housing tends to be a little bit less
expensive here in this area, and in fact it draws in quite a few first-time home buyers. There's
still land to be developed in North East - East Raleigh, and in fact we're seeing a good number
of townhomes pop up as well as still some single family detached homes. The homes in this section
of Raleigh are currently ranging between $95,000 and $750,000 with the average being $345,000.
Last but not least we have North Raleigh. North Raleigh is a very large section of Raleigh with
lots of different areas inside of it. When you're thinking about the suburbs, you're thinking about
North Raleigh and there's a lot of things to do here in this area. Umstead Park is here
which is a lot like Central Park in New York City, except it's a lot more "foresty." As well,
Falls Lake is in this part of Raleigh with boating and hiking and all the trails around it. There's
lots of restaurants and shopping in North Raleigh, and one in particular I want you to tell you about
is Lafayette Village... it's a European themed shopping and restaurant complex that is at the
corner of Falls of Neuse and 540, very easily accessible to anybody that lives up in the North
Raleigh area. There's plenty of different kinds of housing in North Raleigh, ranging from, right now,
$150,000 for a townhome all the way up to 3.5 million for a large home. Average price we're
seeing right now is $711,000 for this part of Raleigh. You're seeing some tear downs but there's
still some new construction going on as well. Well that's it, I hope you found this video helpful.
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