Kent 98030

King County, WA · 7,250 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

30affordability /100

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

Payment burden
42.4%
severe
Days on market
25
daily
Price cuts
25.1%
of active
Valuation
+146.9%
vs assessor
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28
/100
Weak
stable · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
25
Valuation
20
Economic health
30

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

63/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 29.2% correction for affordability
DOM: 52d (rising) · 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%)60

Moderate buyer leverage in 98030. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 42.5% of median income. A 18% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 52. Renting is approximately 126% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 27.1).

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 SLIGHT

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge. Prices down 1.3% YoY.

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Median price
$638,713
▾ 1.3% YoY
Days on market
25
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,967
ZORI
Investor score
31/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
78
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+146.9%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,576,800
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-income7.0×

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How 98030 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity53%
Supply tightness41%
Affordability28%
Investment yield51%
Appreciation20%

Affordability, supply & momentum

29SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply20.1 mo
Days on Market25d
Inv vs History+29.5%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$3,226
Payment burden42.4%
Median income · ZIP$91,218
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,865
Monthly rent$1,967
Market dynamics
Price cut %25.1%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply20.1
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,967
Price-to-rent27.1
Est. cap rate2.4%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score3
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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