We won't forecast a specific local market, and nobody can honestly promise you a price direction. What we can give you is the two levers to watch, because prices only really fall when one of them moves: - Supply rises. More homes hit the market than buyers can absorb. - Demand falls. Rates, job losses, or affordability finally price enough buyers out. If neither changes meaningfully, prices tend to hold or keep grinding higher, even when it feels like they shouldn't. Your own experience is the tell. If you've been trying to buy and losing out while prices keep escalating, that's the signature of tight supply meeting stubborn demand at your price point. Until inventory in that price band loosens or demand cools, the math doesn't favor a drop. Maryland markets around there have generally stayed strong and competitive, which fits the supply-constrained picture. Rather than waiting on a drop that may never come, focus on what you control. Get your financing dialed in so you can move fast and clean when the right home appears, know your true walk-away number, and be ready to compete. If a softening arrives, you're positioned for it. If it doesn't, you haven't lost more years of ownership waiting on a forecast no one can make.