Germantown 20841

Montgomery County, MD · 3,492 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

54affordability /100

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

Payment burden
27.6%
affordable
Days on market
87
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
of active
Valuation
-81.4%
vs assessor
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56
/100
mixed
stable · balanced · prices easing 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

70/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
DOM: 109d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)80
Supply & Demand (20%)70
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)100
Days on Market (5%)100

Moderate buyer leverage in 20841. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 27.7% of median income. Median days on market: 109. Renting is approximately 134% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 28.1). Market appears 16% 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.
STABLEBALANCED

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices down 1.7% YoY.

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Median price
$840,217
▾ 1.7% YoY
Days on market
87
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,491
ZORI
Investor score
30/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
22
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-81.4%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$156,300
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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vs county comps
+36.8%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Montgomery+36.8%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$245
Price-to-income4.6×

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How 20841 ranks in MD
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Affordability, supply & momentum

37SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply7.9 mo
Days on Market87d
Inv vs History-56.4%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumstable
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply7.9
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,491
Price-to-rent28.1
Est. cap rate2.3%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score2
Transit score11
Bike score

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Montgomery 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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