Seattle 98104

King County, WA · 516 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

12affordability /100

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

Payment burden
53.4%
severe
Days on market
57
daily
Price cuts
12.8%
of active
Valuation
+824.1%
vs assessor
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17
/100
Distressed
cooling · balanced · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
24
Affordability
10
Valuation
20
Economic health
12

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

64/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 43.8% correction for affordability
DOM: 53d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)100
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)25
Days on Market (5%)60

Moderate buyer leverage in 98104. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 53.5% of median income. A 35% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 53. Renting is approximately 93% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 23.2).

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.
COOLINGBALANCED

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices down 3.2% YoY.

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Median price
$545,464
▾ 3.2% YoY
Days on market
57
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,961
ZORI
Investor score
35/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
57
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+824.1%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$5,040,500
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-income8.8×

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How 98104 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity31%
Supply tightness40%
Affordability9%
Investment yield73%
Appreciation6%

Affordability, supply & momentum

18SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply48.0 mo
Days on Market57d
Inv vs History+11.3%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,755
Payment burden53.4%
Median income · ZIP$61,866
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,301
Monthly rent$1,961
Market dynamics
Price cut %12.8%
Momentumcooling
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply48
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,961
Price-to-rent23.2
Est. cap rate2.8%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score87
Transit score63
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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