Need advice on Cary for quick move (Raleigh, Welcome: low crime, home)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Hello - due to a job relocation we are moving to the Cary area on short notice. Can you please offer some insight into the "best" neighborhoods in Cary? Priorities for us include great location, low crime and good schools. We're moving from Atlanta so are expecting the home prices to be much more reasonable and would be comfortable going to $450,000 but would like to go lower if possible (and based on my quick research it looks like we can in this area). Thanks for the help!
Hello - due to a job relocation we are moving to the Cary area on short notice. Can you please offer some insight into the "best" neighborhoods in Cary? Priorities for us include great location, low crime and good schools. We're moving from Atlanta so are expecting the home prices to be much more reasonable and would be comfortable going to $450,000 but would like to go lower if possible (and based on my quick research it looks like we can in this area). Thanks for the help!
While you will have no difficulty finding a wonderful home in Cary in your price range, I think you'll find the median price is a bit higher in Cary than in Atlanta.
Atlanta: median income $49,981
median home price $257,200
Cary: median income $83,292
median home price $305,300
These are 2009 figures.
BTW, Cary is a wonderful place to live! Welcome!
Hello - due to a job relocation we are moving to the Cary area on short notice. Can you please offer some insight into the "best" neighborhoods in Cary? Priorities for us include great location, low crime and good schools. We're moving from Atlanta so are expecting the home prices to be much more reasonable and would be comfortable going to $450,000 but would like to go lower if possible (and based on my quick research it looks like we can in this area). Thanks for the help!
What sort of house?
New construction or resale home?
You will have many choices in W Cary as the last poster mentioned, as well as other areas in town.
Highcroft
Wellsley
Carpenter Village
Highcroft Vilage
Cary Park
Westpark
Brookstone
Devereaux
Montclair
Tatton Place
Lansdowne
Amberly
Cameron Pond
Preston
Coles Creek
Greystone
And more....
Lots of neighborhoods have a home here and there that pops up, but may only have one home on the market at any one time.
Thanks for all the responses. Yes, our original move to FL was nixed or redirected rather - and this is the replacement move. Going to start looking up these suggestions now. Appreciate the help!
i can't think of a neighborhood in cary that doesn't have all those things!
I agree. Based on this criteria alone, anywhere in Cary will do. You might also want to consider commute, shopping and noise due to proximity to the railroad or airport.
Thanks for all the help. Commuting destination for work is SAS. Does that change your listing of potential neighborhoods above? Also, is there any site that gives descriptions of all the different Cary neighborhoods? Coming from Atlanta (I live right in town), there are clear differences amongst many of our neighborhoods that are all within the same 5 mile area. I'm wondering if that is the case in Cary as well or if things are a little more suburban and similar there. Thanks for the help
Thanks for all the help. Commuting destination for work is SAS. Does that change your listing of potential neighborhoods above? Also, is there any site that gives descriptions of all the different Cary neighborhoods? Coming from Atlanta (I live right in town), there are clear differences amongst many of our neighborhoods that are all within the same 5 mile area. I'm wondering if that is the case in Cary as well or if things are a little more suburban and similar there. Thanks for the help
Within a few miles of SAS, there is great diversity in neighborhoods, from mid $100,000's for single family, to well above what you mentioned as your budget.
The neighborhoods mentioned are not changed, but you may also consider W Raleigh, too, and some more central Cary neighborhoods.
I would add Weatherstone, Weston Pointe, Silverlake at Silverton in Cary.
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