Homes for sale in Louisburg, NC
Franklin County's county seat pairs a historic Tar River downtown and one of America's oldest two-year colleges with an easy drive to Raleigh.
154 homes for sale in Louisburg right now · about $198/sqft · ~105 days on market
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Homes for sale in Louisburg
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Where people are buying in Louisburg
The communities with the most homes on the market right now — click through for prices, recent sales, and what's available.
The local view
Louisburg is the seat of Franklin County, set on a bend of the Tar River about 33 miles northeast of downtown Raleigh. Louisburg College — first chartered in 1787 as the Franklin Male Academy, and recognized as the nation's oldest chartered two-year, church-related coed college — anchors Main Street. Around it, downtown stays busy: the Tar River Festival, Friday Nights on the Tar summer concerts, BBQ in the Burg, and a Christmas parade each December. About 3,400 people live inside town limits, with thousands more close by.
Buyers choose Louisburg because a Franklin County budget stretches further than the same budget across the line in Wake County, and because the county has been among North Carolina's fastest growing in recent years. In town, that money buys historic streets within walking distance of the college and downtown; farther out, it buys new-construction neighborhoods and real acreage. A short drive east near Bunn, gated Lake Royale wraps a 345-acre lake with 11 miles of shoreline, an 18-hole golf course, and steady new-home building.
Insight Residential Realty covers Louisburg as part of its five-county MLS coverage — Wake, Franklin, Nash, Wilson, and Johnston — with live listing search right on this site. We're headquartered in Zebulon, one county line away, so Broker-in-Charge Robert Terry and the team tour Louisburg, Lake Royale, and the 401 corridor regularly rather than reading about them secondhand. Whether you're weighing an in-town historic home against lake living or new construction, we'll show you what your budget does on both sides of the county line.
What's actually sold in Louisburg
The most recent closings recorded in Louisburg — real prices, straight from the MLS.
| Sold for | Address | Home | Closed | On market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $277,000 | 107 Apache Drive, Louisburg, NC 27549 | 3 bd · 2 ba · 1,291 sqft | Jul 2026 | 161 days |
| $260,000 | 101 Bow Drive, Louisburg, NC 27549 | 2 bd · 2 ba · 1,196 sqft | Jul 2026 | 108 days |
| $825,000 | 220 Whistlers Cove, Louisburg, NC 27549 | 4 bd · 3.5 ba · 3,324 sqft | Jul 2026 | 22 days |
| $500,000 | 510 John Winstead Road, Louisburg, NC 27549 | 3 bd · 2 ba · 1,705 sqft | Jul 2026 | 104 days |
| $275,000 | 990 Duke Valentine Wynne Road, Louisburg, NC 27549 | 3 bd · 2 ba · 1,215 sqft | Jul 2026 | 216 days |
| $379,000 | 131 Osage Drive, Louisburg, NC 27549 | 3 bd · 3 ba · 1,837 sqft | Jul 2026 | 164 days |
Good questions, straight answers
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About 33 miles — roughly a 45-minute drive to downtown Raleigh, with Wake Forest and North Raleigh employment centers closer still along the way.
It's the Franklin County seat, home to Louisburg College — chartered in 1787 — and a Tar River downtown that hosts the Tar River Festival, Friday Nights on the Tar concerts, and the BBQ in the Burg cooking competition.
Lake Royale is a private, gated community with a Louisburg mailing address a short drive east of town near Bunn. It centers on a 345-acre lake with 11 miles of shoreline, plus an 18-hole golf course and active new construction.
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