Durham new construction
New Homes in Sweetbrier, Durham NC
Mungo Homes of NC builds in Sweetbrier, where active homes range from $299,000 to $639,000. There are 57 homes selling now.
Homes for sale now in Sweetbrier
3 beds · 3 baths · 1,671 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$318,0001068 Tea Rose Court 362, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277033 beds · 3 baths · 1,672 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$343,4991132 Tea Rose Court 346, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277033 beds · 3 baths · 1,688 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$379,693917 Westerland Way 80, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277033 beds · 3 baths · 1,974 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$338,0001058 Tea Rose Court 366, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277033 beds · 3 baths · 1,768 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$620,0004019 Sweet Ivy Landing 328, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277034 beds · 4 baths · 2,978 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$639,0004201 Sweet Ivy Landing 336, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277035 beds · 4 baths · 3,024 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$327,0861128 Tea Rose Court 348, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277033 beds · 3 baths · 1,672 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$329,4461130 Tea Rose Court 347, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277033 beds · 3 baths · 1,672 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$330,4001138 Tea Rose Court 344, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277033 beds · 3 baths · 1,671 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$330,7181140 Tea Rose Court 343, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277033 beds · 3 baths · 1,697 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
$342,5181136 Tea Rose Court 345, Durham, NC 27703, Durham NC 277033 beds · 3 baths · 1,671 sq ft
Listed by Fonville Morisey & Barefoot
What Mungo Homes of NC is building in Sweetbrier
Mungo Homes of NC has 57 homes selling in Sweetbrier, from $299,000 to $639,000 — roughly the $428,990 midpoint for new construction in Durham. Priced with the market, which means you are choosing Sweetbrieron the lot, the plan, and the build, not on a discount. Those are the three things a builder's own agent has the least incentive to talk you out of. At 57 homes available, Mungo Homes of NC is carrying real standing inventory in Sweetbrier — the one condition where a builder will move, and usually on closing costs and incentives before base price.
The agent in that model home works for Mungo Homes of NC
The person staffing the model home is paid by the builder and represents the builder's interests in the transaction—not yours. Before you visit, understand The case for bringing your own new-home agent so you can decide how you want to be represented.
Before you register at the model home
No builder can stop you from bringing your own agent — that choice is yours and it stays yours. Mungo runs a formal program for registering buyer's agents, but it does not publish the timing rule — so the safe move is to have your agent register you before your first visit rather than find out the window closed. The person in the model home has no reason to raise it.
What this means in North Carolina
- The due diligence fee is nonrefundable and goes to the seller. Not held in escrow, not credited back if you walk. You write it, the builder keeps it, and it buys you a window to inspect, appraise, and arrange financing. Walk after that window for any reason and you can lose your earnest money too.
- A due diligence contract has no financing contingency.This is the one that costs people real money. Once due diligence ends you are committed whether or not your loan closes. If rates move, if the appraisal comes in short, if underwriting turns on a detail in your file — that is your problem, not the builder's.
- The contract is the builder's paper, not the standard NC form. Every agent in this state knows the standard Offer to Purchase. A builder's contract is written by the builder's lawyers for the builder's benefit, and the clauses that matter most — completion dates, change orders, what happens if the build runs long, which disputes go to arbitration — are the ones that differ from the form you would otherwise be signing.
What to ask before you sign in Sweetbrier
Take these to the model home. The answers are all reasonable to ask for in writing.
- Who do you represent in this transaction? Ask it first and ask for the answer in writing. In North Carolina it has a specific legal meaning, and the answer is not you.
- What is the due diligence fee here, and is any of it credited at closing? Get the number before you fall for the plan.
- Is the lot premium inside the base price or on top of it? On a corner, a cul-de-sac, or anything backing to trees, assume on top until told otherwise.
- What is standard at this price and what is an upgrade? Ask specifically about flooring, cabinets, countertops, trim, and the garage. The model home is built to sell, not to spec.
- What is the build timeline, and what happens if it slips past my rate lock? Put the answer next to your lender's lock expiry and see whether the two agree.
- What do I give up by not using your preferred lender? Builder incentives are often tied to financing. That is legal and common — you just need the number so you can compare it against a better rate elsewhere.
- Can I bring my own inspector, and at which stages? Pre-drywall and final are the two that matter. A yes here tells you something about the builder.
- What are the HOA dues, what do they cover, and what is still to be built? In an actively building community, the amenity you are buying for may be three phases out.
- What is the warranty, and who honors it? One year, two, ten — and whether it is the builder or a third-party administrator answering the phone in year three.
How Durham new construction compares
We track 19 production new-construction communities in Durham. Across them the middle of the market sits at $428,990, with active inventory from $264,990 to $789,900. Sweetbrier sits right at that middle.
That spread is the argument for touring more than one. The onsite agent at Sweetbrier is paid to sell Sweetbrier, and will not walk you through the three others in Durham where your money buys a different lot, a different plan, or a shorter build. We will.
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