Kent 98031

King County, WA · 10,323 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

33affordability /100

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

Payment burden
40.4%
severe
Days on market
13
daily
Price cuts
21.6%
of active
Valuation
+199.4%
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
33

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 25.7% correction for affordability
DOM: 28d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)25
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)20

Moderate buyer leverage in 98031. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 40.4% of median income. A 13% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 28. Renting is approximately 119% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 26.3).

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.
STABLESELLER ADVANTAGE

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers are firmly in control. Prices down 1.7% YoY.

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Median price
$675,391
▾ 1.7% YoY
Days on market
13
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,136
ZORI
Investor score
32/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
53
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+199.4%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$2,022,000
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-income6.7×

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How 98031 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity77%
Supply tightness85%
Affordability33%
Investment yield58%
Appreciation14%

Affordability, supply & momentum

48SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply8.2 mo
Days on Market13d
Inv vs History+21.4%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$3,412
Payment burden40.4%
Median income · ZIP$101,458
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$4,087
Monthly rent$2,136
Market dynamics
Price cut %21.6%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply8.2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,136
Price-to-rent26.3
Est. cap rate2.5%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score5
Transit score12
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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