Matthews · Buying a Home
Buying a Home in Matthews, a Town With Its Own Downtown
A plan before the search. Your numbers, your town list and your offer plan are settled before you tour, so you can move quickly without moving blindly.
Buying a Home in Matthews: What Draws Buyers
Buying a home in Matthews gets you a small town that runs straight into Charlotte, so closely that driving between them you can hardly tell where one ends. It sits between Charlotte and Indian Trail, about 11 to 12 miles from uptown. US 74 and I-485 serve Matthews, and NC 51 runs through town and connects with US 74.
Buyers who look here usually want what draws people to Mint Hill, an easy drive into Charlotte, and choose Matthews for the extra shopping and restaurants close to home. Downtown Matthews has shops, restaurants and a library branch, and every Labor Day weekend the town hosts Matthews Alive, its festival and parade.
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Why Matthews Buyers Work With Carolina Signature Properties
Carolina Signature Properties treats Matthews and Mint Hill as one search for most buyers, because they share a border, similar commutes and similar daily life. Showing you the same budget in both, on the same day, is usually the fastest way to decide.
The Matthews neighborhoods we cover were built from the mid-1980s through the 2000s, so buying here usually means buying a resale home with some age. That makes the due diligence period especially important: roofs, windows and systems may be original or replaced, and the price should reflect which. How we build your search explains how we look past the listing photos.
Our Home Buying Process in Matthews
- Matthews or Mint Hill. Compared side by side.
- Size and style. From about 2,000 square feet in Sardis Plantation to 5,500 and more in Deerfield Creek, with ranches in Sardis Plantation.
- School assignment. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, including Matthews, Crown Point and Elizabeth Lane elementaries and David W. Butler High, confirmed by address.
- Inspection-ready offer. A due diligence period long enough for an older home.
- Close with your attorney.
Where Matthews Buyers Look
Brightmoor has colonial-style front-porch homes close to downtown. Sardis Plantation has brick ranch and two-story homes among mature oaks. Deerfield Creek has larger brick and stone homes near Providence Road and I-485. For time outside, the Four Mile Creek Greenway, the Matthews Heritage Trail, Purser-Hulsey Park and the Sportsplex are close by.
Talk with us about buying in Matthews, and we will show you Matthews and Mint Hill side by side.
Frequently Asked Questions
How far is Matthews from uptown Charlotte?
About 11 to 12 miles. US 74 and I-485 serve Matthews, and NC 51 runs through town and connects with US 74.
Which schools serve Matthews?
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, including Matthews, Crown Point and Elizabeth Lane elementary schools and David W. Butler High. Assignment depends on the address.
How is Matthews different from Mint Hill?
Daily life feels much the same, with an easy drive into Charlotte, but Matthews has more shopping and restaurants close to home.
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What buying a home looks like in Matthews
A small town that runs straight into Charlotte, with a downtown of its own and more shopping and restaurants close to home.
- The homes
- A small town that runs straight into Charlotte: driving between the two, you can hardly tell where one ends and the other begins. It sits between Charlotte and Indian Trail.
- Why people choose it
- Buyers who want what draws people to Mint Hill, an easy drive into Charlotte, but with more shopping and restaurants close to home.
- Schools people ask about
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, including Matthews, Crown Point and Elizabeth Lane elementaries and David W. Butler High. Assignment depends on the address.
- Getting around
- About 11 to 12 miles from uptown Charlotte. US 74 and I-485 serve Matthews, and NC 51 runs through town and connects with US 74.
- Nearby
- Downtown Matthews and its library branch; Matthews Alive, the Labor Day festival and parade; Novant Health Matthews Medical Center; the Four Mile Creek Greenway, the Matthews Heritage Trail, Purser-Hulsey Park and the Sportsplex.
- The trade-off
- The fair comparison is with Charlotte and Mint Hill, not Harrisburg. Next to Mint Hill there is very little difference, except that Matthews has more shopping and restaurants.
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