Is Charlottesville, VA a good place to invest in rental property?

Charlottesville, VA has a median modeled monthly cash flow of $-1,566 and a median cap rate of 2.9%, on a median sold price of $545,000. Prices changed +2.6% year over year.

What is the average cap rate in Charlottesville, VA?

The median cap rate across recently sold homes in Charlottesville, VA is 2.9%, based on CashFlowRE's rent and expense modeling.

What is the median home price in Charlottesville, VA?

The median sold price in Charlottesville, VA is $545,000 (about $278 per square foot).

Investing in Charlottesville, VA Real Estate

A data-driven snapshot of the Charlottesville, VA rental-property market, built from recently sold homes and CashFlowRE's per-listing investment modeling — median price, cap rate, monthly cash flow, appreciation and inventory — so you can judge the market before you ever open a listing.

$545,000Median sold price

$278Median $/sqft

2.9%Median cap rate

$-1,566Modeled cash flow / mo

+2.6%Appreciation YoY

9.5Months of supply

943Active listings

1,192Sold (last 12 mo)

What the Charlottesville numbers say

In Charlottesville, VA, the median home sold for $545,000 (about $278 per square foot), and the typical deal models out to a 2.9% cap rate with a median $-1,566 of monthly cash flow. Sold prices moved +2.6% over the past year. Inventory sits at about 9.5 months of supply — a looser, buyer-friendly market. These are medians across recorded sales; individual properties vary widely, which is exactly what CashFlowRE scores listing by listing.

🔨 See 3 fix-and-flip deals in Charlottesville — listings where the estimated after-repair value beats list price + rehab.

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