Smithsburg 21783

Washington County, MD · 3,920 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

61affordability /100

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

Payment burden
23.6%
affordable
Days on market
34
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
of active
Valuation
-76.3%
vs assessor
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74
/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

52/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 35d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)60
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)40

Balanced market in 21783. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 23.6% of median income. Median days on market: 35. Renting is approximately 144% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 29.3).

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
$374,085
▴ 2.0% YoY
Days on market
34
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,065
ZORI
Investor score
37/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
24
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-76.3%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$88,600
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+52.0%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Washington+52.0%
Frederick+50.9%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$187
Price-to-income3.9×

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How 21783 ranks in MD
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Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.

Affordability, supply & momentum

23SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply12.9 mo
Days on Market34d
Inv vs History+37.9%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply12.9
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,065
Price-to-rent29.3
Est. cap rate2.2%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score3
Transit score1
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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