Falmouth 02540

Barnstable County, MA · 5,827 properties · updated 4/19/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

0affordability /100

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

Payment burden
74.3%
severe
Days on market
31
daily
Price cuts
4.0%
of active
Valuation
-42%
vs assessor
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39
/100
weak
warming · 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

82/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Strong Buyer's Market
Needs 59.6% correction for affordability
DOM: 48d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)100
Valuation Gap (25%)80
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)25
Days on Market (5%)60

Strong buyer leverage in 02540. If you must buy now, offer 10-15% below list price. Payment burden: 74.3% of median income. A 53% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 48. Renting is approximately 533% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 76.0). Market appears 22% overpriced vs. assessed values.

What to Offer

Offer 10-15% below list price. Sellers are under pressure.

Conditions most similar to late 2007 — overvaluation without corresponding income growth. Significant correction potential.
WARMINGBALANCED

Market is warming with rising prices. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$1,081,206
▴ 1.7% YoY
Days on market
31
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,185
ZORI
Investor score
25/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
29
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-42.0%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$627,100
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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vs county comps
+72.8%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Barnstable+72.8%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft
Price-to-income12.3×

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How 02540 ranks in MA
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Affordability, supply & momentum

48SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply8.6 mo
Days on Market31d
Inv vs History-22.3%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %4.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply8.6
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,185
Price-to-rent76.0
Est. cap rate0.9%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score14
Transit score6
Bike score

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Barnstable 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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