Maryland · 423 scored ZIPs · September 2026

Maryland: the market leans toward buyers.

Conditions easing in buyers' favor. That is the population-weighted reading across 423 scored ZIPs in Maryland. Typical home value $459K, −0.1% over 12 months on average; listings take 45 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Redfin, May 2026

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Maryland423 scored ZIPs

Leaning buyer−16

Typical value$459K−0.1% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Days on market45 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com

Listings with a price cut28%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com

Typical rent$2,074/mo+2.4% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Active listings17,595Across 413 ZIPs · Realtor.com

Sale-to-list100.1%38% sold above list, average · Redfin, May 2026

HavenScore50of 100

Average of 423 scored ZIPs, weighted by population · the median U.S. ZIP scores 50

Affordability49

Growth36

Risk63

Momentum46

Livability62

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

On the map

423 scored ZIPs in Maryland, colored by market balance.

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BuyersEvenSellers

One dot is one ZIP code; click a dot to open its page. Blue leans toward buyers, orange toward sellers.

Market report

What the latest figures say about Maryland.

Market report · home values through August 2026, listings through September 2026 · By the HavenScore Editorial Team

Illustration of brick rowhouses and colonials near a calm bay with marsh grass

Over the year to August 2026, typical home values in Maryland fell by an average of 0.1%, weighted by population across its 423 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 Maryland, the average typical home value stood at $459K in August 2026, weighted by population across its 423 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, Maryland sat in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −16, weighted by population across its 423 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

The ZIP-level median time on market in Maryland averaged 45 days in September 2026, weighted by population across the 411 of its 423 scored ZIPs that report it; for the median U.S. ZIP it was 60 days (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 Maryland had a price cut, weighted by population across the 412 of its 423 scored ZIPs that report it, against 20% for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Summed across the 413 ZIPs in Maryland that report them, active listings came to 17,595 in September 2026, according to Realtor.com.

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.

Market cycle

Where each city sits: price momentum against buyer-seller pressure.

9 of 13 Maryland cities read Softening — prices down over the year with the market leaning toward buyers.

Buyer's market
Leaning buyer
Balanced
Leaning seller
Seller's market
Named city (ink ring)

Cooling3 cities
Prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.
Columbia, Cumberland, Glen Burnie
Accelerating1 city
Prices rising with the market leaning toward sellers.
Annapolis
Softening9 cities
Prices down over the year with the market leaning toward buyers.
Baltimore, Silver Spring, Bowie and 6 more
Firming0 cities
Prices still down over the year, but the market now leans toward sellers.
No city reads Firming now.

Each dot is a city with three or more scored ZIPs, placed by its population-weighted balance (right leans toward sellers) and its trailing-year price change (up is rising, Zillow ZHVI). Axes fit this state’s own spread and always include zero. Pressure tends to turn before prices do, which is what Cooling and Firming name.

Every city in the chart

City	Read	Prices, trailing year	Balance	ZIPs
Annapolis	Accelerating	+2.5%	+8	4
Baltimore	Softening	−2.6%	−27	21
Bethesda	Softening	−1.1%	−23	3
Bowie	Softening	−0.1%	−22	4
Columbia	Cooling	+0.5%	−7	3
Cumberland	Cooling	+3.5%	−25	3
Frederick	Softening	−0.8%	−21	4
Gaithersburg	Softening	−1.2%	−19	4
Glen Burnie	Cooling	+0.6%	−9	3
Laurel	Softening	−0.8%	−19	4
Rockville	Softening	−0.8%	−19	4
Silver Spring	Softening	−0.4%	−24	7
Waldorf	Softening	−1.6%	−30	3

Top ZIPs

The ten highest HavenScores among ZIPs with 5,000+ residents.

Rank	Market balance	ZIP	HavenScore	Typical value
1	−22, leaning buyer	20634Great Mills, MD	63	$369K
2	−27, leaning buyer	21502Cumberland, MD	62	$158K
3	−5, balanced	20619California, MD	59	$397K
4	−6, balanced	20636Hollywood, MD	59	$519K
5	−2, balanced	21017Belcamp, MD	59	$287K
6	−25, leaning buyer	20607Accokeek, MD	58	$553K
7	−34, leaning buyer	21202Baltimore, MD	58	$185K
8	−36, leaning buyer	21224Baltimore, MD	58	$235K
9	−32, leaning buyer	21230Baltimore, MD	58	$268K
10	−12, leaning buyer	21113Odenton, MD	57	$468K

The score only ranks ZIPs with 5,000+ residents — thinner markets are too noisy month-to-month. National leaderboards → Every scored ZIP in Maryland, by county →

Cities

13 cities with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	City		HavenScore
1	Waldorf	−30	52
2	Baltimore	−27	54
3	Cumberland	−25	62
4	Silver Spring	−24	43
5	Bethesda	−23	46
6	Bowie	−22	54
7	Frederick	−21	51
8	Laurel	−19	47
9	Rockville	−19	47
10	Gaithersburg	−19	46
11	Glen Burnie	−9	50
12	Columbia	−7	52

The other 1 city, A to Z

City	Market balance		HavenScore
Annapolis		+8	53

Balance and HavenScore, 0–100, are population-weighted averages of each city’s scored ZIPs. All cities, every state →

Counties

24 counties with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	County		HavenScore
1	Worcester County	−35	47
2	Baltimore City	−28	54
3	Prince Georges County	−27	49
4	Charles County	−27	50
5	Washington County	−27	44
6	Talbot County	−22	47
7	Dorchester County	−20	51
8	Montgomery County	−20	46
9	Caroline County	−19	44
10	Wicomico County	−16	52
11	Allegany County	−14	58
12	Baltimore County	−14	49

The other 12 counties, A to Z

County		HavenScore
Anne Arundel County	−5	52
Calvert County	−8	47
Carroll County	+1	46
Cecil County	−3	50
Frederick County	−12	51
Garrett County	−1	48
Harford County	−6	53
Howard County	−3	51
Kent County	−8	49
Queen Annes County	−9	48
Saint Marys County	−6	54
Somerset County	+5	48

Each county opens its page of the cheapest scored ZIPs.

Questions about Maryland

Answers from the latest figures, each with its month.

Is Maryland a buyer's market?
As of September 2026, Maryland sits in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −16 on a scale from −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers), weighted by population across its 423 scored ZIPs.
Are home values falling in Maryland?
As of August 2026, typical home values in Maryland had fallen by an average of 0.1% over the previous 12 months, weighted by population across its 423 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).
How long do homes take to sell in Maryland?
As of September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in Maryland averaged 45 days, weighted by population across the 411 of its 423 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).
What does a typical home cost in Maryland?
As of August 2026, the average typical home value in Maryland was $459K, weighted by population across its 423 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).