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$259,500

726 Forest Drive
Gastonia, NC 28054
Listed by Michele Branning · Keller Williams Connected
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Living area
1,230 sqft
Year built
1956

About this home

Welcome to this 1956 cozy cottage style home with modern updates and appliances ready for you to make it your own. Roof replaced in 2025, HVAC replaced to gas-pack/heat pump in 2025, LVP throughout and so much more. Primary Bedroom ensuite with additional hall bath and hall laundry. This home lives larger than it's square footage wants you to believe. Flex room with closet off the kitchen offers you the opportunity to make it anything your living style needs - home office, 3rd bedroom, game room, dining room - you decide. Quietly nestled in Gastonia with Lineberger Park, Catawba Creek Golf Course & Conference Center, Gastonia Municipal Airport just moments away.

Highlights

Fireplace

Property details

MLS
Canopy MLS
MLS #
CAR4425981
Property type
Single Family Residence
Subdivision
Fern Forest
Status
Active
Days on market
7
On market date
September 27, 2026
Stories
N/A
Total bathrooms
2
Garage spaces
N/A
Parking spaces
N/A
Lot size
N/A
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Nearby schools

Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card.

Elementary
Lingerfeldt Elementary
1.34 mi away · Grades -1-5
Zoned school (attendance boundary, 2015-16 data)
1.9
Local Score (state rating (2025) blended 70/30 with student-teacher ratio) -- not an official state rating
State rating: F (2025)
Enrollment
408
Student:teacher ratio
14.1:1
District
Gaston County Schools
Middle
W P Grier Middle School
1.03 mi away · Grades 6-8
Zoned school (attendance boundary, 2015-16 data)
2.3
Local Score (state rating (2025) blended 70/30 with student-teacher ratio) -- not an official state rating
State rating: D (2025)
Enrollment
636
Student:teacher ratio
15.9:1
District
Gaston County Schools
High
Ashbrook High
2.65 mi away · Grades 9-12
Zoned school (attendance boundary, 2015-16 data)
2.7
Local Score (state rating (2025) blended 70/30 with student-teacher ratio) -- not an official state rating
State rating: C (2025)
Enrollment
1,269
Student:teacher ratio
18.7:1
District
Gaston County Schools

Walkability

Blended score for Gastonia's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). 60% EPA National Walkability Index + 40% nearby-amenity density (Google Places).

75
Walkable
out of 100
EPA National Walkability Index
11.5 / 20 -- Above average walkable
Google Places amenity density
100 / 100
Restaurants & cafes20
Grocery stores9
Parks4
Schools13
Transit stops5
Pharmacies3

Market position

How this listing compares to current activity in Gastonia, from live MLS data.

On the market 7 days -- 73 fewer days than Gastonia's current average of 80 days.
For reference, the median list price across 731 active listings in Gastonia right now is $295,640.

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$51,900 down
$207,600 loan
Principal & interest$1,346
Property tax (est.)$216
Home insurance (est.)$150

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Data source: Listing information provided by Canopy MLS (carolina) via Trestle/CoreLogic. Last updated 9 days ago.

Information herein deemed reliable but not guaranteed; all measurements, school assignments, HOA fees, taxes, and feature lists are approximate and should be independently verified. Equal Housing Opportunity.