Reports  ›  Weekly · 2026-10-18

Washington real estate — week of Oct 16, 2026

Washington's major metros split this week: 3 negative, 2 positive on year-over-year median sale price. Range this week: seattle-tacoma-bellevue at -3.4% YoY to olympia-lacey-tumwater at +0.9%.

Headline numbers

Bellingham

$620K -1.1%

Kennewick

$440K +0.6%

Olympia

$540K +0.9%

Seattle

$747K -3.4%

Spokane

$431K -1.1%

This week's signals

Strength 4 / 5

$1.22M

Kirkland median price -9.7% YoY

Price-per-sqft also -5.8% YoY, on about 122 closed sales a month.

Strength 4 / 5

$1000K

Bothell median price -9.1% YoY

Price-per-sqft also -10.2% YoY, on about 45 closed sales a month.

Strength 4 / 5

20 days

Bellevue homes taking 20 days to sell — +100.0% vs. a year ago

Homes are sitting materially longer than they were this time last year — the first hard sign of softening demand or over-priced inventory.

Source divergence

ZIP-level reconciliation will appear here once curated ZIP coverage lands for Washington.

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