Houston 77079

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX · Harris County, TX · 10,353 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

28affordability /100

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

Payment burden
43.7%
severe
Days on market
15
daily
Price cuts
25.2%
of active
Valuation
-34.2%
vs assessor
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44
/100
Mixed
warming · seller slight · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
75
Affordability
25
Valuation
35
Economic health
28

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

62/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 31.4% correction for affordability
DOM: 41d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)40

Moderate buyer leverage in 77079. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 43.7% of median income. A 20% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 41. Renting is approximately 227% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 39.2).

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.
WARMINGSELLER SLIGHT

Market is warming with rising prices. Sellers hold a slight edge. Prices up 4.7% YoY.

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Median price
$743,187
▴ 4.7% YoY
Days on market
15
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,582
ZORI
Investor score
39/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
104
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-34.2%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$489,315
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+59.7%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Harris+59.7%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$265
Price-to-income7.2×

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How 77079 ranks in TX
percentile vs all Texas ZIPs · n=1763
Market velocity97%
Supply tightness82%
Affordability5%
Investment yield4%
Appreciation90%

Affordability, supply & momentum

49SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply15.5 mo
Days on Market15d
Inv vs History-3.9%
Listing Density7.6/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$3,754
Payment burden43.7%
Median income · ZIP$103,089
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$4,497
Monthly rent$1,582
Market dynamics
Price cut %25.2%
Momentumwarming
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply15.5
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,582
Price-to-rent39.2
Est. cap rate1.7%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score8
Transit score1
Bike score

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Harris 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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