Washington housing market

In the Evergreen State, part of the Census Bureau's Pacific division, Pecan Street tracks 11 markets. Median sale prices run from $385K in Yakima to $747K in Seattle over Jul–Sep 2026. Four of 11 are higher than a year earlier, six are lower and one is unchanged; Yakima leads at +3.4% and Longview trails at -6.0%.

Homes sit longest in Wenatchee (94 median days on market) and sell fastest in Bremerton (51 days). The share of active listings with a price cut runs from 30% in Wenatchee to 50% in Longview. Price-to-rent ratios run from about 17 in Walla Walla to 23 in Wenatchee, measured as years of HUD Fair Market Rent per median sale price. Among the 385 U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, the Wenatchee metro has the 7th-most median days on market and the Longview metro the 8th-slowest year-over-year price growth. Washington's unemployment rate was 4.8% in Sep 2026 (BLS via FRED), above the national rate of 4.2%.

Markets at a glance

Median sale price and year-over-year change from Redfin (rolling three months); median days on market and the share of active listings with a price cut from Realtor.com; price-to-rent is each market page's figure (its median sale price over a year of HUD Fair Market Rent). Figures are per metro market, not statewide.

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