Saint Michaels 21663

Talbot County, MD · 2,336 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

10affordability /100

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

Payment burden
54.3%
severe
Days on market
55
daily
Price cuts
8.0%
of active
Valuation
+11.2%
vs assessor
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49
/100
mixed
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

66/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 44.8% correction for affordability
DOM: 78d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)100
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)75

Moderate buyer leverage in 21663. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 54.4% of median income. A 36% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 78. Renting is approximately 420% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 62.4).

What to Offer

Offer 5-10% below list. You have room to negotiate.

Conditions resemble 2019 pre-pandemic levels — moderate overvaluation with slowing demand. Negotiation room exists.
WARMINGBALANCED

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

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Median price
$734,030
▴ 2.2% YoY
Days on market
55
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$980
ZORI
Investor score
27/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
44
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+11.2%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$816,600
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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vs county comps
+41.6%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Talbot+41.6%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$285
Price-to-income9.0×

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How 21663 ranks in MD
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Affordability, supply & momentum

10SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply21.2 mo
Days on Market55d
Inv vs History+73.6%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %8.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply21.2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$980
Price-to-rent62.4
Est. cap rate1.0%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score26
Transit score1
Bike score

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Talbot 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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