Fairfax, VA 22031 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 29
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Home Value
$760,720
+0.8% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
29
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
2.5 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
41 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
18%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
100.1%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
42%
Aug 2026
Rental Rate
$2,528/mo
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
15%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$67
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 15% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 0.8% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. There are 24% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+56% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (29/100; U.S.: 54): homes typically sell at or above asking (100.1% of list); 18% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 42% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $188k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,618 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $2,179/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $67 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: −6.3% to +10.1% (80% range; middle estimate +3.0%), chance of a rise 69%, of a 5%+ drop 12%.
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