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ZIP 26268 · Glady, WV · 37 residents · September 2026

Glady 26268: the market leans toward buyers.

Conditions easing in buyers' favor. Typical home value $82K, −6.8% over 12 months.

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

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Leaning buyer−36

In Mar 2026: −31

Typical value$82K−6.8% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market—No reading this month · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut—No reading this month · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$940/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings—No reading this month · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list94.1%0% sold above list · Redfin, Oct 2025
HavenScore38of 100

Higher than 6% of scored ZIPs

Affordability—
Growth32
Risk46
Momentum—
Livability34

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 2026−31
  2. Apr 2026−35
  3. May 2026−35
  4. Jun 2026−41
  5. Jul 2026+16
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026−36

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

  • Sale-to-list 94.1%homes close below asking · Redfin, Oct 2025

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin, October 2025.

Softening: prices −6.8% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward buyers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$81,809Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price$253,000Redfin · Oct 2025
Sale-to-list94.1%Redfin · Oct 2025
Sold above list0.0%Redfin · Oct 2025

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown.

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 2024, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year−6.8%
3 years—
5 years—
10 years—
From peak−12.1%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 26268 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $88,844 in October 2024; the latest value is −7.9% from that peak, 22 months on. The sharpest 12-month move was −6.6%, ending February 2026.

Zillow's typical home value here, $82K in August 2026, is 72% below the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved −6.8% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Middle tier$82K
Top tier$178K
Single-family$82K

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

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankWest Virginia rank
1 year−6.8%−6.8%/yrHigher than 1% nationallyHigher than 3% in West Virginia
Since 2024+5.3%+2.0%/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
$75K$80K$85K$90K$95K$87KJan 2025Jan 2026$75K$80K$85K$90K$95K$87KJan 2025Jan 2026
3 months$87K+6.1% · $82K–$93KHigh 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.

Zillow's own published forecast has this ZIP's typical value rise 0.5% over the twelve months from August 2026 (Zillow Home Value Forecast).

Payment

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

Monthly payment

$60210% of the U.S. median ZIP's household income ($71,388)
Principal and interest$483
Property tax$39
Insurance$34
Mortgage insurance$46

Inside the 28% line lenders use for housing costs. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance is assumed at 0.5% of the home's value a year; Treasury's Federal Insurance Office did not publish a premium for this ZIP.

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$940
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$602

Buying costs $338 a month less 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 tax0.57%statutory, state
Insurance—typical premium
Commute—median, one way
Walkability4 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingRelatively HighFEMA NRI · wildfire 63 · flood 99
Population change−2.8% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1976Census ACS
Owner-occupied100%Census ACS
Hazard ledger
Overall riskRelatively Highscore 90 of 100 · county median 82
Flood99 of 100county median 96
Wildfire63 of 100county median 63
Hurricane52 of 100county median 52

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 14 scored ZIPs in Randolph County.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income0%U.S. median ZIP 5%

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

—

Growth

32

Risk

46

Momentum

—
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Livability

34
Walkability4 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseLeast walkable
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density2 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

5 scored West Virginia ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

No cheaper ZIP within ten points nearby.

Sources and freshness

Every figure on this page, where it came from and when.

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above listOctober 2025
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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