Federal Way 98003

King County, WA · 8,498 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

20affordability /100

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

Payment burden
48.6%
severe
Days on market
26
daily
Price cuts
21.9%
of active
Valuation
+222%
vs assessor
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31
/100
Weak
stable · seller slight · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
62
Affordability
10
Valuation
20
Economic health
20

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

58/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 38.3% correction for affordability
DOM: 34d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)100
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)70
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)40

Balanced market in 98003. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 48.6% of median income. A 28% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 34. Renting is approximately 113% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 25.6).

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

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge.

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Median price
$567,284
▴ 0.6% YoY
Days on market
26
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,849
ZORI
Investor score
36/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
91
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+222.0%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,826,550
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-income8.0×

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How 98003 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity51%
Supply tightness82%
Affordability15%
Investment yield58%
Appreciation57%

Affordability, supply & momentum

37SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply8.0 mo
Days on Market26d
Inv vs History+44.6%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,866
Payment burden48.6%
Median income · ZIP$70,800
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,433
Monthly rent$1,849
Market dynamics
Price cut %21.9%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply8
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,849
Price-to-rent25.6
Est. cap rate2.5%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score10
Transit score16
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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