Columbia, SC 29044 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 73
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Home Value
$102,074
−10.0% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
73
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
7.1 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
51 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
11%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
95.8%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
15%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
23%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$114
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 23% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are down 10.0% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%), 12% below their 2022-23 peak.
- Supply. There are 186% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+250% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (73/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 4.2% below their final list price; 11% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 15% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $28k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,387 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $114 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: −9.0% to +7.3% (80% range; middle estimate +0.2%), chance of a rise 52%, of a 5%+ drop 21%.
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Other ZIP codes in Richland County, SC
| Area | Home value | 1-year change | Buyer leverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia, SC 29223 | $222.4K | +0.9% | 65 |
| Columbia, SC 29229 | $266.4K | 0.0% | 36 |
| Columbia, SC 29203 | $133.5K | −2.2% | 57 |
| Columbia, SC 29210 | $197.3K | +0.1% | 72 |
| Irmo, SC 29063 | $275.2K | +0.8% | 47 |
| Columbia, SC 29209 | $225.4K | +0.5% | 66 |
| Blythewood, SC 29016 | $345.8K | +0.5% | 48 |
| Columbia, SC 29201 | $247.6K | +3.3% | 24 |
| Columbia, SC 29205 | $318.6K | +6.1% | 44 |
| Columbia, SC 29206 | $396.6K | +5.7% | 66 |
| Columbia, SC 29204 | $191.2K | +1.7% | 51 |
| Hopkins, SC 29061 | $196K | −1.2% | 45 |
| ZIP 29207 | – | – | – |
| Columbia, SC 29208 | – | – | 65 |
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| ZIP 29225 | – | – | – |
| ZIP 29177 | – | – | – |