Paramount-Long Meadow 21742

Washington County, MD · 12,043 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

57affordability /100

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

Payment burden
26.4%
affordable
Days on market
46
daily
Price cuts
22.0%
of active
Valuation
+18.5%
vs assessor
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67
/100
stable
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

40/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 61d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)75

Balanced market in 21742. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 26.4% of median income. Median days on market: 61. Renting is approximately 53% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 18.4).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
WARMINGBALANCED

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

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Median price
$350,093
▴ 1.4% YoY
Days on market
46
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,583
ZORI
Investor score
59/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
121
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+18.5%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$414,900
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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vs county comps
+52.0%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Washington+52.0%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$218
Price-to-income4.3×

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How 21742 ranks in MD
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Affordability, supply & momentum

25SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply13.2 mo
Days on Market46d
Inv vs History+4.8%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %22.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply13.2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,583
Price-to-rent18.4
Est. cap rate3.5%
Buy vs rentneutral

Livability

Walk score7
Transit score2
Bike score

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Washington 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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