Woodbine 21797
Howard County, MD · 3,426 properties · updated 7/5/2026
Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens
56affordability /100
Buyer leverage is seller slight; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.
Payment burden
26.7%
affordable
Days on market
28
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
of active
Valuation
-30.6%
vs assessor
66
/100
stable
warming · 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
Balanced Market
DOM: 89d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)40
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)75
Balanced market in 21797. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 26.8% of median income. Median days on market: 89. Renting is approximately 461% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 67.3).
Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
WARMINGSELLER SLIGHT
Market is warming with rising prices. Sellers hold a slight edge.
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Median price
$817,726
▴ 1.8% YoY
Days on market
28
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,012
ZORI
Investor score
27/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
13
90-day
Valuation3 lenses, different anchors
vs assessor
-30.6%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$567,400
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%
Carroll+49.7%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$316
Price-to-income4.4×
How 21797 ranks in MD
percentile vs all MD ZIPs
Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.
Affordability, supply & momentum
47SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness
Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.
Months of Supply8.7 mo
Days on Market28d
Inv vs History-11.0%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply8.7
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,012
Price-to-rent67.3
Est. cap rate1.0%
Buy vs rentfavors renting
Livability
Walk score—
Transit score1
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.