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ZIP 03890 · Ossipee, NH · 52 residents · September 2026

Ossipee 03890: the market leans toward sellers.

Conditions tightening in sellers' favor. Typical home value $373K, +6.2% over 12 months; listings take 53 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Leaning seller+40

In Mar 2026: +33

Typical value$373K+6.2% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market53 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut0%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$1,780/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings4+100% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list—No Redfin sales figure for this ZIP
HavenScore50of 100

Higher than 46% of scored ZIPs

Affordability—
Growth58
Risk65
Momentum22
Livability43

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026+33
  2. Apr 2026+6
  3. May 2026+9
  4. Jun 2026+9
  5. Jul 2026+50
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026+40

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 53 days on marketfaster than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 0% of listings cut pricefewer than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list —No sale-to-list figure for this ZIP
  • 4 active listings+100% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin.

Accelerating: prices +6.2% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward sellers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$373,336Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price—Redfin
Sale-to-list—Redfin
Sold above list—Redfin

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown. A dash means Redfin has no closed-sale figure for the latest month.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
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Prices

Typical home value since 2019, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+6.2%
3 years+10.3%
5 years+36.1%
10 years—
From peak0.0%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 03890 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $381,286 in July 2026; the latest value is −2.1% from that peak, 1 months on. The sharpest 12-month move was −1.5%, ending November 2025.

Zillow's typical home value here, $373K in August 2026, is 29% above the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +6.2% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$258K
Middle tier$373K
Top tier$498K
Single-family$373K

Starter homes here rose 49% in five years while top-tier homes rose 21% (Zillow ZHVI tiers) — the bottom of the market outpaced the top.

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankNew Hampshire rank
1 year+6.2%+6.2%/yrTop 10% nationallyTop 6% in New Hampshire
3 years+10.3%+3.3%/yrHigher than 63% nationallyHigher than 10% in New Hampshire
5 years+36.1%+6.4%/yrTop 13% nationallyHigher than 41% in New Hampshire
Since 2019+99.0%+9.6%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

This time of year Haven
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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$320K$340K$380K$400K$358K202420252026$320K$340K$380K$400K$358K202420252026
3 months$358K−4.1% · $345K–$377KHigh confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$3,11052% of the U.S. median ZIP's household income ($71,388)
Principal and interest$2,204
Property tax$600
Insurance$96
Mortgage insurance$210

Above the 36% line lenders use for total debt. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance uses the average homeowners premium insurers reported for this ZIP in 2022, $1,151 a year (Treasury Federal Insurance Office).

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$1,780
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$3,110

Buying costs $1,330 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income—Census ACS
Price to income—long-run average —
Property tax1.93%statutory, state
Insurance$1,151/yrtypical premium
Commute—median, one way
Walkability—EPA index
Hazard ratingRelatively ModerateFEMA NRI · wildfire 65 · flood 81
Population change−13.0% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built—Census ACS
Owner-occupied0%Census ACS
Hazard ledger
Overall riskRelatively Moderatescore 52 of 100 · county median 65
Flood81 of 100county median 83
Wildfire65 of 100county median 68
Hurricane82 of 100county median 85

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 23 scored ZIPs in Carroll County.

Housing cost burden
Renters spending over 30% of income0%U.S. median ZIP 39%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

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Growth

58

Risk

65

Momentum

22
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Livability

43
Walkability—EPA Smart Location Database
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density11 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

13 scored New Hampshire ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Sources and freshness

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above list—
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability—
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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