Renton 98055

King County, WA · 4,618 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

35affordability /100

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

Payment burden
39.5%
severe
Days on market
17
daily
Price cuts
19.7%
of active
Valuation
+193%
vs assessor
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31
/100
Weak
stable · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
42
Affordability
25
Valuation
20
Economic health
35

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

45/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 24.1% correction for affordability
DOM: 27d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)40
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)20

Balanced market in 98055. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 39.5% of median income. A 11% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 27. Renting is approximately 121% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 26.5).

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. Prices down 1.7% YoY.

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Median price
$652,739
▾ 1.7% YoY
Days on market
17
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,052
ZORI
Investor score
32/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
46
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+193.0%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,912,400
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-income6.5×

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How 98055 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity67%
Supply tightness93%
Affordability37%
Investment yield58%
Appreciation14%

Affordability, supply & momentum

54SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply5.7 mo
Days on Market17d
Inv vs History+51.3%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$3,297
Payment burden39.5%
Median income · ZIP$100,207
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,950
Monthly rent$2,052
Market dynamics
Price cut %19.7%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply5.7
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,052
Price-to-rent26.5
Est. cap rate2.5%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score2
Transit score11
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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