West Friendship 21794
Howard County, MD · 847 properties · updated 7/5/2026
Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens
53affordability /100
Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.
Payment burden
28.3%
stretched
Days on market
52
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
of active
Valuation
-79.9%
vs assessor
56
/100
mixed
stable · balanced · 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
Balanced Market
DOM: 64d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)60
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)75
Balanced market in 21794. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 28.3% of median income. Median days on market: 64.
Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
STABLEBALANCED
Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.
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Median price
$1,045,462
▴ 0.8% YoY
Days on market
52
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,920
county avg
Investor score
32/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
1
90-day
Valuation3 lenses, different anchors
vs assessor
-79.9%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$210,350
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
—
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+43.7%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Howard+43.7%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$239
Price-to-income4.7×
How 21794 ranks in MD
percentile vs all MD ZIPs
Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.
Affordability, supply & momentum
35SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness
Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.
Months of Supply24.0 mo
Days on Market52d
Inv vs History-75.9%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumstable
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply24
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,920
Price-to-rent45.4
Est. cap rate1.3%
Buy vs rentfavors renting
Livability
Walk score—
Transit score—
Bike score—
Historical trends
Howard County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration
ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.