Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska

Single-family vs. condo trends, market pressure signals, and 5-year price history. Source: Redfin.

Low transaction volume. Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska averaged 3 sales in the latest reporting month, so YoY price moves can swing wildly between months and don't necessarily reflect market direction. Inventory + DOM + price-drop signals stay informative; the % change badges are suppressed below 10 monthly sales.

Median Sale Price

$340,000

low-volume — YoY suppressed

Active Inventory

Days on Market

27 days

Price Drops

20.0%

Single-Family vs. Condo

Source: Redfin (property-type breakdown)

Single-Family Median

$340,000

Condo / Co-op Median

$55,000

SFR vs. Condo YoY Gap

+258.4%

SFR outperforming condos

DOM: SFR vs. Condo

27d / 11d

SFR / Condo

Buyer vs. Seller Market Indicators

Latest month — Redfin

Months of Supply

8.3 mo

Buyer market

Inventory ÷ monthly sales. Below 3 = strong seller market; 3-6 balanced; above 6 = buyer market.

Sale-to-List Ratio

102.1%

Bidding-war territory

Median closing price ÷ original list price. Above 100% = homes routinely closing above asking.

% Sold Above List

33%

Mixed

Share of closed sales priced above asking. The single cleanest read on bidder competition.

What does your sqft target cost in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska?

$236/sqft median (Redfin)

Square footage 2,000 sqft

Bedrooms +$0 adj

Bathrooms +$0 adj

Lot size optional

Estimated price

$471,567

Above median (+39% vs median)

Region median

$340,000

all homes

Price-tier reverse lookup — what sqft does each price band buy?

$600,000

≈ 2,545 sqft

$1,200,000

≈ 5,089 sqft

$2,000,000

≈ 8,482 sqft

$5,000,000

≈ 21,206 sqft

Estimate = (median $/sqft × your sqft) + bed/bath/lot adjustments. Bed and bath adjustments use Appraisal Institute / Fannie Mae standard rules of thumb (~$15K/extra bedroom, ~$20K/extra bathroom vs. a 3bd/2ba baseline; half-bath = half adj). Lot premium is a $1.50/sqft heuristic beyond a 6,000 sqft baseline — accuracy varies sharply by urban infill vs. acreage market. Quality, condition, year built, and HOA are not modeled here. For a deeper county-level hedonic AVM, see AVM Lite.

Rent + invest vs. buy + own — backtested

15-yr rolling history · S&P 500

Property type:

Home price

Monthly rent

Down %

Rate %

Property tax %

Insurance / yr

Maintenance %

HOA / mo

Home appreciation %

Rent inflation %

Horizon (yrs)

Invest in

After-tax mode (MID, SALT, LTCG, Sec 121) Show inflation-adjusted (real) side-by-side VA loan (0% down, no PMI, funding fee)

BUY + OWN

Median ending wealth $299K $182K real

Net gain on $78K upfront: $220K

Range: $299K → $299K

Wealth = home value (appreciated at 3%/yr) − remaining mortgage − 6% selling cost. Gain = wealth − upfront. Leveraged appreciation on full $340K asset comes from the 20% down.

RENT + INVEST

Median ending portfolio $528K $356K real

Net gain on $151K contributed: $377K

Range: $234K → $1.46M

Same upfront cash + each year's (own − rent) surplus invested in S&P 500 at actual annual returns. Median renter contributed $151K total.

Median wealth delta: $229K in favor of RENT + INVEST

What if you'd started in a recent year? (most-recent 15yr window: 2011–2025)

Window	Buy wealth	Buy gain	Rent wealth	Rent gain	Wealth delta
2011–2025	$299K	$220K	$793K	$642K	$494K rent
2010–2024	$299K	$220K	$812K	$661K	$513K rent
2009–2023	$299K	$220K	$793K	$643K	$495K rent
2008–2022	$299K	$220K	$495K	$344K	$196K rent
2007–2021	$299K	$220K	$636K	$485K	$337K rent
2006–2020	$299K	$220K	$548K	$398K	$250K rent
2005–2019	$299K	$220K	$488K	$337K	$189K rent
2004–2018	$299K	$220K	$403K	$253K	$105K rent

Educational tool, not investment or real-estate advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Backtests use actual annual total returns including dividends from S&P 500 (Damodaran (NYU Stern) annual total return (with dividends), 1957-present.).

Buyer model: 30-yr fixed mortgage, P&I + property tax + insurance + maintenance (1% of value/yr) + HOA. Selling cost = 6%. Investor model: down payment + annual cashflow surplus invested in the chosen index at that calendar year's actual return.

Tax model: pre-tax comparison. Toggle "after-tax mode" to apply MID, SALT, LTCG, and the Sec 121 capital-gains exclusion.

This calculator does not adjust for: PMI (assumed 20%+ down), differential transaction costs by state, lifestyle factors (commute, schools, kids), illiquidity / forced-sale risk, or insurance availability constraints (e.g., FL/CA wildfire). Consult a fiduciary advisor and tax professional before acting on any of this.

Market Pressure Signals

Derived from Redfin trend

Inventory vs. Long-Term Avg

+2.8%

roughly balanced

DOM vs. 24-Mo Avg

-75.0%

currently 27 days

Long-Term Avg Inventory

Long-Term Avg DOM

108 days

Mortgage & Price Stress

State HPI + national delinquency

State HPI YoY

+7.4%

positive — appreciating

State HPI vs. Peak

0.0%

at or near peak peak 2026-01-01

National Mortgage Delinquency

1.89%

benchmark — 2026-01-01 county-grain delinquency requires paid data

State-grain HPI YoY + drawdown from peak is the cleanest free price-stress proxy. The national delinquency rate gives the macro mortgage-stress backdrop. True county-level mortgage delinquency lives in paid datasets (MBA NDS, CoreLogic LP).

Trends

Up to 5 years of monthly data

Median Sale Price

Trailing 12 months

Active Inventory

Trailing 12 months

Days on Market

Trailing 12 months

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