Richards 77873

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX · Montgomery County, TX · 343 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

46affordability /100

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

Payment burden
33%
stretched
Days on market
154
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
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56
/100
Mixed
stable · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
70
Affordability
45
Economic health
46

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

58/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 9.1% correction for affordability
DOM: 154d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Days on Market (5%)100

Balanced market in 77873. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 33.0% of median income. Median days on market: 154. Renting is approximately 446% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 65.5).

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

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$424,336
▴ 0.2% YoY
Days on market
154
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$540
ZORI
Investor score
23/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
2
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
—
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$0
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+57.0%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Montgomery+57.0%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$259
Price-to-income5.4×

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How 77873 ranks in TX
percentile vs all Texas ZIPs · n=1763
Market velocity12%
Supply tightness0%
Affordability13%
Investment yield0%
Appreciation61%

Affordability, supply & momentum

26SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply12.0 mo
Days on Market154d
Inv vs History-2.9%
Listing Density3.8/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,143
Payment burden33%
Median income · ZIP$77,976
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$2,568
Monthly rent$540
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumstable
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply12
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$540
Price-to-rent65.5
Est. cap rate1.0%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

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Montgomery County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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