Washington · 485 scored ZIPs · September 2026

Washington: the market leans toward buyers.

Conditions easing in buyers' favor. That is the population-weighted reading across 485 scored ZIPs in Washington. Typical home value $656K, −0.6% over 12 months on average; listings take 57 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Redfin, May 2026

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Washington485 scored ZIPs

Leaning buyer−39

Typical value$656K−0.6% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Days on market57 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com

Listings with a price cut30%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com

Typical rent$2,153/mo+2.5% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Active listings29,179Across 484 ZIPs · Realtor.com

Sale-to-list99.7%31% sold above list, average · Redfin, May 2026

HavenScore43of 100

Average of 485 scored ZIPs, weighted by population · the median U.S. ZIP scores 50

Affordability32

Growth45

Risk46

Momentum49

Livability60

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

On the map

485 scored ZIPs in Washington, colored by market balance.

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BuyersEvenSellers

One dot is one ZIP code; click a dot to open its page. Blue leans toward buyers, orange toward sellers.

Market report

What the latest figures say about Washington.

Market report · home values through August 2026, listings through September 2026 · By the HavenScore Editorial Team

Illustration of craftsman houses among tall evergreens, green hills and calm water beyond

Typical home values in Washington fell by an average of 0.6% over the year to August 2026, weighted by population across its 485 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

Figures for a city or a state are averages across its scored ZIP codes, weighted by population, so each ZIP counts in proportion to its residents. Where only some ZIPs report a figure, the sentence names how many.

In August 2026, the average typical home value in Washington was $656K, weighted by population across its 485 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, Washington sat in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −39, weighted by population across its 485 scored ZIPs.

The HavenScore balance reads signals such as inventory, time on market and the share of listings with a price cut on one scale, from buyers at one end to sellers at the other. A reading below zero favors buyers, and one above zero favors sellers.

How fast homes are selling

In Washington, the ZIP-level median time on market averaged 57 days in September 2026, weighted by population across the 484 of its 485 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Days on market here is each ZIP code's median number of days a Realtor.com listing spends on the market, from the day it is listed until it closes or is withdrawn, averaged across the place's ZIP codes.

In September 2026, an average of 30% of listings in Washington had a price cut, weighted by population across the 484 of its 485 scored ZIPs that report it, against 20% for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Active listings across the 484 ZIPs in Washington that report them totaled 29,179 in September 2026, according to Realtor.com.

How to read these figures

Each figure names its own month: Zillow's home values and Realtor.com's listings data publish on their own schedules, so the two can sit a month apart. A figure describes that month, not the day this page was updated.

Market cycle

Where each city sits: price momentum against buyer-seller pressure.

16 of 25 Washington cities read Softening — prices down over the year with the market leaning toward buyers.

Buyer's market
Leaning buyer
Balanced
Leaning seller
Seller's market
Named city (ink ring)

Cooling9 cities
Prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.
Olympia, Puyallup, Spokane Valley and 6 more
Accelerating0 cities
Prices rising with the market leaning toward sellers.
No city reads Accelerating now.
Softening16 cities
Prices down over the year with the market leaning toward buyers.
Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and 13 more
Firming0 cities
Prices still down over the year, but the market now leans toward sellers.
No city reads Firming now.

Each dot is a city with three or more scored ZIPs, placed by its population-weighted balance (right leans toward sellers) and its trailing-year price change (up is rising, Zillow ZHVI). Axes fit this state’s own spread and always include zero. Pressure tends to turn before prices do, which is what Cooling and Firming name.

Every city in the chart

City	Read	Prices, trailing year	Balance	ZIPs
Auburn	Softening	−0.6%	−39	3
Bellevue	Softening	−3.5%	−44	5
Bellingham	Softening	−0.3%	−37	3
Bothell	Softening	−4.9%	−54	3
Bremerton	Cooling	+0.9%	−26	4
Burien	Softening	−0.4%	−31	4
Everett	Softening	−1.7%	−41	5
Gig Harbor	Cooling	+0.7%	−34	3
Issaquah	Softening	−3.4%	−46	3
Kennewick	Cooling	+0.8%	−40	3
Kent	Softening	−1.2%	−42	3
Lyle	Cooling	+1.3%	−16	3
Lynnwood	Softening	−2.6%	−44	3
Mount Vernon	Cooling	+0.9%	−31	3
Olympia	Cooling	+0.2%	−37	5
Puyallup	Cooling	+0.2%	−42	5
Renton	Softening	−2.0%	−42	5
Seattle	Softening	−1.7%	−37	23
Shoreline	Softening	−2.0%	−34	3
Spokane	Softening	−0.6%	−44	11
Spokane Valley	Cooling	+0.3%	−34	5
Tacoma	Softening	−0.1%	−26	11
Vancouver	Softening	−0.2%	−43	11
Winthrop	Softening	−3.0%	−55	3
Yakima	Cooling	+0.7%	−40	4

Top ZIPs

The ten highest HavenScores among ZIPs with 5,000+ residents.

Rank	Market balance	ZIP	HavenScore	Typical value
1	−37, leaning buyer	99353West Richland, WA	56	$494K
2	−54, buyer's market	98121Seattle, WA	54	$533K
3	−48, buyer's market	98841Omak, WA	53	$267K
4	−43, buyer's market	98237Concrete, WA	52	$255K
5	−50, buyer's market	98550Hoquiam, WA	52	$244K
6	−49, buyer's market	98685Vancouver, WA	52	$586K
7	−41, buyer's market	99337Kennewick, WA	52	$432K
8	−56, buyer's market	98520Aberdeen, WA	51	$276K
9	−45, buyer's market	99205Spokane, WA	51	$318K
10	−43, buyer's market	99352Richland, WA	51	$499K

The score only ranks ZIPs with 5,000+ residents — thinner markets are too noisy month-to-month. National leaderboards → Every scored ZIP in Washington, by county →

Cities

25 cities with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	City		HavenScore
1	Winthrop	−55	37
2	Bothell	−54	41
3	Issaquah	−46	41
4	Spokane	−44	46
5	Lynnwood	−44	38
6	Bellevue	−44	40
7	Vancouver	−43	47
8	Puyallup	−42	43
9	Renton	−42	41
10	Kent	−42	40
11	Everett	−41	38
12	Yakima	−40	45

The other 13 cities, A to Z

City		HavenScore
Auburn	−39	44
Bellingham	−37	41
Bremerton	−26	42
Burien	−31	38
Gig Harbor	−34	40
Kennewick	−40	49
Lyle	−16	39
Mount Vernon	−31	41
Olympia	−37	46
Seattle	−37	40
Shoreline	−34	39
Spokane Valley	−34	44
Tacoma	−26	41

Balance and HavenScore, 0–100, are population-weighted averages of each city’s scored ZIPs. All cities, every state →

Counties

35 counties with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	County		HavenScore
1	Clallam County	−47	43
2	Chelan County	−46	45
3	Grant County	−45	45
4	Grays Harbor County	−44	49
5	Lincoln County	−44	46
6	Okanogan County	−43	45
7	Snohomish County	−43	40
8	Clark County	−43	47
9	Kittitas County	−42	39
10	Pend Oreille County	−42	40
11	Adams County	−41	46
12	Mason County	−41	44

The other 23 counties, A to Z

County		HavenScore
Benton County	−39	50
Cowlitz County	−39	41
Douglas County	−33	46
Ferry County	−37	41
Franklin County	−33	47
Island County	−40	44
Jefferson County	−37	40
King County	−40	41
Kitsap County	−28	42
Klickitat County	−35	46
Lewis County	−37	42
Pacific County	−39	43
Pierce County	−35	42
San Juan County	−38	43
Skagit County	−33	43
Skamania County	−32	40
Spokane County	−39	45
Stevens County	−34	41
Thurston County	−36	46
Walla Walla County	−38	50
Whatcom County	−35	42
Whitman County	−39	36
Yakima County	−34	45

Each county opens its page of the cheapest scored ZIPs.

Questions about Washington

Answers from the latest figures, each with its month.

Is Washington a buyer's market?
As of September 2026, Washington sits in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −39 on a scale from −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers), weighted by population across its 485 scored ZIPs.
Are home values falling in Washington?
As of August 2026, typical home values in Washington had fallen by an average of 0.6% over the previous 12 months, weighted by population across its 485 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).
How long do homes take to sell in Washington?
As of September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in Washington averaged 57 days, weighted by population across the 484 of its 485 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).
What does a typical home cost in Washington?
As of August 2026, the average typical home value in Washington was $656K, weighted by population across its 485 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).