Auburn 98002

King County, WA · 6,353 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

36affordability /100

Buyer leverage is seller advantage; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
38.7%
severe
Days on market
12
daily
Price cuts
21.3%
of active
Valuation
+128.4%
vs assessor
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31
/100
Weak
stable · seller advantage · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
42
Affordability
25
Valuation
20
Economic health
36

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

50/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 22.5% correction for affordability
DOM: 53d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)70
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Balanced market in 98002. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 38.7% of median income. A 10% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 53. Renting is approximately 86% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 22.3).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
STABLESELLER ADVANTAGE

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers are firmly in control.

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Median price
$496,183
▾ 0.7% YoY
Days on market
12
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,851
ZORI
Investor score
42/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
51
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+128.4%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,133,500
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+69.0%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
King+69.0%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft
Price-to-income6.4×

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How 98002 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity79%
Supply tightness73%
Affordability39%
Investment yield77%
Appreciation27%

Affordability, supply & momentum

50SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply7.4 mo
Days on Market12d
Inv vs History+25.9%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,506
Payment burden38.7%
Median income · ZIP$77,714
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,003
Monthly rent$1,851
Market dynamics
Price cut %21.3%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply7.4
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,851
Price-to-rent22.3
Est. cap rate2.9%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score8
Transit score11
Bike score

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King County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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