Seattle 98115

King County, WA · 16,351 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

28affordability /100

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

Payment burden
43.7%
severe
Days on market
6
daily
Price cuts
11.9%
of active
Valuation
+120.7%
vs assessor
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33
/100
Weak
stable · seller advantage · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
50
Affordability
25
Valuation
20
Economic health
28

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

59/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 31.4% correction for affordability
DOM: 27d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)25
Supply & Demand (20%)70
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)20

Balanced market in 98115. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 43.8% of median income. A 20% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 27. Renting is approximately 222% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 38.7).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
STABLESELLER ADVANTAGE

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers are firmly in control. Prices down 1.3% YoY.

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Median price
$1,068,969
▾ 1.3% YoY
Days on market
6
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,303
ZORI
Investor score
26/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
122
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+120.7%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$2,359,700
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-income7.2×

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How 98115 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity94%
Supply tightness86%
Affordability25%
Investment yield18%
Appreciation20%

Affordability, supply & momentum

44SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply7.9 mo
Days on Market6d
Inv vs History+37.9%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$5,400
Payment burden43.7%
Median income · ZIP$148,190
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$6,469
Monthly rent$2,303
Market dynamics
Price cut %11.9%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply7.9
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,303
Price-to-rent38.7
Est. cap rate1.7%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score12
Transit score37
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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