Joppa 21085

Harford County, MD · 7,520 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

65affordability /100

Buyer leverage is seller slight; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
21.1%
affordable
Days on market
29
daily
Price cuts
30.5%
of active
Valuation
-20.7%
vs assessor
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69
/100
stable
stable · seller slight · prices rising year-over-year.

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

47/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 57d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)60
Supply & Demand (20%)70
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)60

Balanced market in 21085. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 21.1% of median income. Median days on market: 57. Renting is approximately 43% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 17.2).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
STABLESELLER SLIGHT

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge.

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Median price
$375,030
▴ 0.8% YoY
Days on market
29
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,813
ZORI
Investor score
63/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
42
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-20.7%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$297,500
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+44.1%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Harford+44.1%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$285
Price-to-income3.5×

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How 21085 ranks in MD
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Affordability, supply & momentum

61SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply6.2 mo
Days on Market29d
Inv vs History-15.0%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %30.5%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply6.2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,813
Price-to-rent17.2
Est. cap rate3.8%
Buy vs rentneutral

Livability

Walk score1
Transit score4
Bike score

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Harford County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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