Issaquah 98029

King County, WA · 6,376 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

29affordability /100

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

Payment burden
43.3%
severe
Days on market
12
daily
Price cuts
18.5%
of active
Valuation
+187.5%
vs assessor
Look up an address
21
/100
Weak
cooling · seller advantage · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
13
Affordability
25
Valuation
20
Economic health
29

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

61/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 30.7% correction for affordability
DOM: 28d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)20

Moderate buyer leverage in 98029. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 43.4% of median income. A 19% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 28. Renting is approximately 152% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 30.3).

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.
COOLINGSELLER ADVANTAGE

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Sellers are firmly in control. Prices down 3.6% YoY.

Address lookup$99 report path

Look Up an Address in 98029

Just type the street — we'll auto-scope the search to ZIP 98029.

Actions
Export, share, or compare this ZIP
Compare
Get alerts when this market changes

Market snapshoteach number, once

Median price
$1,172,248
▾ 3.6% YoY
Days on market
12
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$3,226
ZORI
Investor score
25/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
113
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+187.5%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$3,370,400
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-income7.2×

Unlock Vacancy Data

Available with Lotvox Pro — $29/mo.

Start free trial
How 98029 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity79%
Supply tightness65%
Affordability26%
Investment yield39%
Appreciation5%

Affordability, supply & momentum

29SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply16.2 mo
Days on Market12d
Inv vs History+85.4%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$5,921
Payment burden43.3%
Median income · ZIP$164,058
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$7,094
Monthly rent$3,226
Market dynamics
Price cut %18.5%
Momentumcooling
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply16.2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$3,226
Price-to-rent30.3
Est. cap rate2.1%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score9
Transit score20
Bike score

Unlock Historical Trends

Available with Lotvox Pro — $29/mo.

Start free trial

King County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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

Unlock County Economic Data

Available with Lotvox Pro — $29/mo.

Start free trial

Nearby ZIP codes