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Raleigh · Cary · Apex · Wake County, NC
REALTOR® · Compass · Top 1% nationwide
Patty Owens is a licensed REALTOR® with Compass in Raleigh, North Carolina, serving buyers, sellers, and relocation clients across Wake County and the Research Triangle. With 256 closed sales and $42.5M in total production over six years, she works across a range of prices, from first time buyer condos to luxury properties above $1M, with the same preparation and discipline at every price point.
The record - selected closings
Selected closed sales, 2025–2026. Every listing here went under contract in ten days or less. Full transaction history available on request.
Sold
$1,050,000
This Must See Custom-Built Beauty offers Chef’s Kitchen, Screened-In Porch, Hardwoods throughout and much more!! Welcome home to this stunning refuge after a long day at work.
5 beds
4 baths
0.23 AC / 10,018 SF
Single Family
Sold
$885,000
4 beds
4 baths
0.69 AC / 30,056 SF
Single Family
Sold
$770,000
5 beds
3 baths
0.12 AC / 5,227 SF
Single Family
Sold
$764,300
5 beds
5 baths
1.18 AC / 51,400 SF
Single Family
Sold
$762,000
5 beds
3 baths
0.19 AC / 8,276 SF
Single Family
The promise
Most money, least time on market. Everything on this page exists to show you I mean it literally.
Homes represented
Communities served
Personalized guidance
Hours available daily
Before there’s a sign in the ground, Patty sits down and talks through what your home should list at and why, with the comparable sales in front of both of you, not a number she pulled to win your business. The conversation covers what’s worth fixing and what absolutely isn’t, and what the first ten days should look like. In this market, the first ten days are usually the whole game.
Then she does the work. Six years across Wake County and the wider Triangle, from a $245,000 condo in Durham to a $1.05 million property in Cary. That range is the point. It means she prices a Clayton ranch and a Cary custom build with the same discipline, because the same fundamentals apply to both.
You’ll hear from Patty. Good news or bad, Tuesday or Sunday. That’s not a marketing promise, it’s just how she was raised.
Patty represents buyers, sellers, and relocation clients across Raleigh, Wake County, and surrounding Research Triangle communities.
Whether you’re buying your first home, upsizing, or relocating to the Triangle, the process starts with a conversation, not a listing portal. Patty works to understand what you actually need before recommending where to look, which neighborhoods fit your commute and lifestyle, and how to structure an offer that competes without overpaying.
Listing strategy begins before the sign goes up. Patty reviews comparable sales with you directly, helps you decide what preparation work will move the needle and what won’t, and builds a pricing strategy around what the market will actually support, not a number designed to win the listing.
Raleigh and the Research Triangle attract significant relocation buyers each year, professionals moving for new roles, families following a partner’s job, and people drawn by the region’s growth and quality of life. Patty works with out-of-state buyers learning the market quickly, with compressed timelines and often limited ability to visit in person.
Patty is a licensed REALTOR® with Compass, operating out of Raleigh, NC, with six years of active practice across Wake County and the wider Research Triangle.
Below is a partial breakdown of Patty’s closed sales by neighborhood. A complete transaction history is available on request.
Neighborhood
City
Closed Sales
Forestville
Raleigh
4 sales
South Raleigh
Raleigh
3 sales
South Durham
Durham
3 sales
Patty’s practice covers Raleigh and the surrounding Wake County communities. The Research Triangle is one of the more active real estate markets in the Southeast, consistent population growth, major universities, and a strong employer base create a market where supply, demand, and neighborhood values can shift meaningfully from one zip code to the next.
Local market context, knowing which neighborhoods are moving quickly, which new construction areas have resale risk, and how pricing has shifted in specific zip codes, is one of the practical reasons to work with an agent who has been operating here for six years across a broad range of transactions.
Raleigh
Cary
Apex
27502
Morrisville
27560
Holly Springs
Fuquay-Varina
Wake Forest
Knightdale
Garner
Wendell
Zebulon
Rolesville
Transaction experience in your price range
An agent who primarily handles $250K homes may not have the same familiarity with offer dynamics at $800K, and vice versa. Ask about closed sales in your specific range.
Neighborhood-specific sales history
General market knowledge is useful. Knowing how three similar properties performed on a specific street in the past eighteen months is more useful.
Communication style and availability
Ask directly: how do you prefer to communicate, and what’s your typical response time? In a fast-moving market, reachability isn’t a soft skill.
Listing strategy for sellers
Buyer representation strategy
Understand how your agent structures a competitive offer, how they identify properties before they hit the public market, and how they handle multiple-offer situations.
Brokerage resources
“The right agent for you is the one who gives you honest information before you sign anything, not the one who tells you what you want to hear.”
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Whether you’re thinking about selling in six months or buying this week, the first call is about listening.
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A written valuation, a shortlist, a market overview, or an honest reason to wait. Whichever one is true.
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Explore helpful answers about buying, selling, luxury homes, and relocation throughout the Greater Triangle area.
It depends entirely on pricing and preparation. Several recent listings went under contract in the first week – 524 Summer Harvest Court in Cary at $1,050,000 in three days, 103 Fieldstone Drive in Clayton in two days, 7811 Falcon Rest Circle in Raleigh at zero days. Others have taken considerably longer, usually where the starting price was ambitious for the market. Patty will tell you honestly which category your home is likely to fall into before you list.
Yes. A large share of her closings fall between $245,000 and $400,000, squarely first-time buyer territory in the Triangle. She’ll walk you through pre-approval, offer strategy, inspections, due diligence money and closing – and she’ll tell you plainly when a house isn’t worth stretching for.
Call or text 919-602-0612, or email patty.owens@compass.com. She answers her own phone, and if she misses you she calls back the same day.
Tell me a little about where you are and I’ll come back with something useful – a written valuation, a shortlist, or an honest reason to wait six months. Whichever one is true.
