Fairfax, VA: neither side has the edge.

Typical home values in Fairfax rose by an average of 1.1% over the year to August 2026, weighted by population across its 4 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

Figures for a city or a state are averages across its scored ZIP codes, weighted by population, so each ZIP counts in proportion to its residents. Where only some ZIPs report a figure, the sentence names how many.

In Fairfax, the average typical home value stood at $778K in August 2026, weighted by population across its 4 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, the average HavenScore balance in Fairfax was −10, in our Balanced band, weighted by population across its 4 scored ZIPs.

The HavenScore balance reads signals such as inventory, time on market and the share of listings with a price cut on one scale, from buyers at one end to sellers at the other. A reading below zero favors buyers, and one above zero favors sellers.

How fast homes are selling

In Fairfax, the ZIP-level median time on market averaged 35 days in September 2026, weighted by population across its 4 scored ZIPs, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Days on market here is each ZIP code's median number of days a Realtor.com listing spends on the market, from the day it is listed until it closes or is withdrawn, averaged across the place's ZIP codes.

In September 2026, an average of 28% of listings in Fairfax had a price cut, weighted by population across its 4 scored ZIPs, against 20% for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, Realtor.com counted 303 active listings across the 4 ZIPs in Fairfax that report listings.

How to read these figures

Each figure names its own month: Zillow's home values and Realtor.com's listings data publish on their own schedules, so the two can sit a month apart. A figure describes that month, not the day this page was updated.