Renton 98059

King County, WA · 11,627 properties · updated 7/26/2026

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
43.9%
severe
Days on market
15
daily
Price cuts
19.7%
of active
Valuation
+79.1%
vs assessor
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30
/100
Weak
cooling · seller advantage · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
42
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

66/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 31.7% correction for affordability
DOM: 33d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)40
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)40

Moderate buyer leverage in 98059. 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: 33. Renting is approximately 182% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 33.8).

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 1.9% YoY.

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Median price
$950,598
▾ 1.9% YoY
Days on market
15
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,374
ZORI
Investor score
26/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
107
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+79.1%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,702,100
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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vs county comps
+67.6%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
King+67.6%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft
Price-to-income7.2×

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How 98059 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity72%
Supply tightness71%
Affordability26%
Investment yield26%
Appreciation14%

Affordability, supply & momentum

34SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply10.6 mo
Days on Market15d
Inv vs History+53.8%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$4,912
Payment burden43.9%
Median income · ZIP$134,336
Mortgage rate6.71% · 30yr
Total monthly own$5,863
Monthly rent$2,374
Market dynamics
Price cut %19.7%
Momentumcooling
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply10.6
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,374
Price-to-rent33.8
Est. cap rate1.9%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score7
Transit score7
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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