Newport News, VA 23608 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 27
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Home Value
$306,459
+3.0% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
27
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
2.7 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
47 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
30%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
99.7%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
33%
Aug 2026
Rental Rate
$1,587/mo
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
34%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$82
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 34% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 3.0% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 37% below the 2017-19 norm and falling (−6% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (27/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 0.3% below their final list price; 30% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 33% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $78k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,583 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $372/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $82 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −4% to +12% over the next 12 months (78% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −4.5% to +11.8% (80% range; middle estimate +4.8%), chance of a rise 78%, of a 5%+ drop 8%.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Newport News, VA 23602 | $313.5K | +3.3% | 19 |
| Newport News, VA 23606 | $367.1K | +2.8% | 24 |
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| Newport News, VA 23605 | $231K | +1.4% | 22 |
| ZIP 23604 | – | – | – |
| Newport News, VA 23603 | $276.2K | +2.1% | 13 |