Fort Gay 25514

Wayne County, WV · 1,656 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

75affordability /100

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

Payment burden
15.5%
affordable
Days on market
84
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
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90
/100
strong
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

60/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
DOM: 97d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)100
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)25
Days on Market (5%)100

Moderate buyer leverage in 25514. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 15.5% of median income. Median days on market: 97. Renting is approximately 3% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 12.3). Market appears 53% overpriced vs. assessed values.

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. Prices up 4.8% YoY.

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Median price
$135,703
▴ 4.8% YoY
Days on market
84
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$923
ZORI
Investor score
90/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
4
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_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+45.2%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Wayne+45.2%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$56
Price-to-income2.5×

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How 25514 ranks in WV
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Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.

Affordability, supply & momentum

28SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply42.0 mo
Days on Market84d
Inv vs History-9.5%
Listing Density2.5/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply42
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$923
Price-to-rent12.3
Est. cap rate5.3%
Buy vs rentfavors buying

Livability

Walk score3
Transit score5
Bike score

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Wayne 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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