Olmsted Falls 44138

Cuyahoga County, OH · 9,998 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

82affordability /100

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

Payment burden
11%
affordable
Days on market
30
daily
Price cuts
16.0%
of active
Valuation
-13.5%
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84
/100
strong
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

15/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Strong Seller's Market
DOM: 27d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)40
Buy vs Rent (15%)25
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)20

Strong seller's market in 44138. Bidding wars likely — be prepared to go above list. Payment burden: 11.0% of median income. Median days on market: 27. Renting is approximately 1% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 12.1).

Buyer Caution

Expect bidding wars. Consider offering at or above list to compete.

Competitive market similar to 2021-2022 — limited inventory driving prices above fundamentals.
WARMINGSELLER SLIGHT

Market is warming with rising prices. Sellers hold a slight edge. Prices up 3.9% YoY.

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Median price
$170,000
▴ 3.9% YoY
Days on market
30
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,171
ZORI
Investor score
89/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
38
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-13.5%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$147,100
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+66.4%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Cuyahoga+66.4%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$138
Price-to-income1.8×

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How 44138 ranks in OH
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Affordability, supply & momentum

60SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply5.7 mo
Days on Market30d
Inv vs History-1.9%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %16.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply5.7
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,171
Price-to-rent12.1
Est. cap rate5.4%
Buy vs rentfavors buying

Livability

Walk score2
Transit score
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Cuyahoga 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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