Fairfax, VT 05454 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 32
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Home Value
$460,384
+0.9% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
32
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
3.2 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
48 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
32%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
100.3%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
28%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
4.9%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$100
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are roughly in line with local incomes (+5% vs. this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm).
- Prices. Home values are up 0.9% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 28% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+31% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (32/100; U.S.: 54): homes typically sell at or above asking (100.3% of list); 32% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 28% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $120k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,244 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $100 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. No clear direction: likely −9% to +7% over the next 12 months (52% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
No clear direction
A rise is somewhat more likely than a fall, but not by enough to call. Likely change: −9.1% to +7.2% (80% range; middle estimate +0.2%), chance of a rise 52%, of a 5%+ drop 21%.
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|---|---|---|---|
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