Issaquah 98027

King County, WA · 7,940 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

20affordability /100

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

Payment burden
48.4%
severe
Days on market
10
daily
Price cuts
19.8%
of active
Valuation
+77.5%
vs assessor
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24
/100
Weak
stable · seller advantage · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
42
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

62/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 38% correction for affordability
DOM: 43d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)100
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)40

Moderate buyer leverage in 98027. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 48.4% of median income. A 28% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 43. Renting is approximately 197% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 35.6).

What to Offer

Offer 5-10% below list. You have room to negotiate.

Conditions resemble 2019 pre-pandemic levels — moderate overvaluation with slowing demand. Negotiation room exists.
STABLESELLER ADVANTAGE

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers are firmly in control. Prices down 1.3% YoY.

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Median price
$1,197,418
▾ 1.3% YoY
Days on market
10
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,803
ZORI
Investor score
26/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
92
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+77.5%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$2,125,600
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 98027 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity86%
Supply tightness65%
Affordability15%
Investment yield22%
Appreciation20%

Affordability, supply & momentum

37SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply9.5 mo
Days on Market10d
Inv vs History+50.9%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$6,048
Payment burden48.4%
Median income · ZIP$150,000
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$7,246
Monthly rent$2,803
Market dynamics
Price cut %19.8%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply9.5
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,803
Price-to-rent35.6
Est. cap rate1.8%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score5
Transit score15
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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