Washington, DC 20017 housing market

What this means

• Valuation. Prices are 16% below this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm, cheaper relative to incomes than before the pandemic.
• Prices. Home values are flat over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%), 15% below their 2022-23 peak.
• Supply. There are 90% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and falling (−16% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
• Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (31/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 0.5% below their final list price; 11% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
• Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 35% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $123k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,514 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
• Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $634/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
• Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $32 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
• Outlook. Leaning up: likely −6% to +10% over the next 12 months (69% chance of a rise).

Next 12 months

Leaning up

Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −6.4% to +9.9% (80% range; middle estimate +2.8%), chance of a rise 69%, of a 5%+ drop 13%.

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