Sep 2026
$451K
0.0% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Walla Walla, WA housing market
Walla Walla, WA metro median sale price $451K in Sep 2026, unchanged year over year. Also days on market, price cuts, affordability and ZIP-code figures.
The median sale price in the Walla Walla, WA metro is $451K as of Sep 2026, unchanged from a year earlier. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro agrees within 1.2 points (up 1.2% through Q2 2026).
On median sale price, Walla Walla ($451K) ranks 7th of the 11 Washington metros Pecan Street tracks, between Olympia ($540K) and Kennewick ($440K). On median days on market, Walla Walla (81 days) ranks 2nd of the 11 Washington metros, between Wenatchee (94 days) and Longview (66 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Walla Walla (38%) ranks 6th of the 11 Washington metros, between Spokane (41%) and Mount Vernon (37%).
Listings spent a median 81 days on market in Sep 2026, the 32nd-most of the 385 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. 38% of active listings carry a price cut, 0.8 points more than a year earlier.
At the 7.29% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $2,470 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $106K a year. The median sale price equals about 17 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio down 1.7% from a year earlier. That ratio is higher than in most of the 373 metros. Active listings ask a median $259 per square foot, up 2.1% from a year earlier.
Median list prices are higher than a year earlier in one of the two ZIP codes in the table below and lower in one.
Headline
Oct 15, 2026
7.29%
30-year fixed
Where it comes from
National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.
The same rate appears on every market page.
Principal & interest
$2,470/mo
$106K/yr income needed
How it’s calculated
Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.
Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.
How Walla Walla compares to other U.S. metros
| Days on market | ↑32nd of 385 (top 9%) |
|---|---|
| Price-to-rent | ↑85th of 373 (top 23%) |
| Home-price growth | ↓284th of 383 |
| Price cuts | 171st of 385 (top 45%) |
Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.
Affordability
| Price-to-rent ratio | ≈ 17 -1.7% YoY ↑85th of 373 (top 23%) |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $259 +2.1% YoY |
Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 38% +0.8 pts YoY 171st of 385 (top 45%) |
|---|
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market facts
| ZIPs with listing data | 2 shown of 8 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | — |
| Price methodology | Redfin vs FHFA HPI |
| Data as of | Sep 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Recent notable readings
- A median 81 days on market in September 2026: the most for any September in Realtor.com's Walla Walla data since 2016. It is one of 28 of the 385 U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks to set that record.
Readings from the latest data that sit at one end of the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, from the nightly cross-metro comparison. They are not signal alerts.
Price reconciliation
normal · 1.2ppRedfin (metro) 0.0% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +1.2% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.
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| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99324 | $482K↑ | 67↑ | 14↑ | 26↑ | 60↓ | $407K↓ |
| 99362 | $546K↓ | 201↑ | 60↑ | 72↑ | 91↑ | $414K↑ |
ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.