Seattle 98136

King County, WA · 6,033 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

38affordability /100

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

Payment burden
37.7%
severe
Days on market
8
daily
Price cuts
14.5%
of active
Valuation
+94.4%
vs assessor
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34
/100
Weak
stable · seller advantage · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
50
Affordability
25
Valuation
20
Economic health
38

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

53/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 20.4% correction for affordability
DOM: 30d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)40
Supply & Demand (20%)40
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)20

Balanced market in 98136. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 37.7% of median income. A 7% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 30. Renting is approximately 207% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 36.9).

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 1.2% YoY.

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Median price
$955,291
▾ 1.2% YoY
Days on market
8
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,160
ZORI
Investor score
27/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
42
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+94.4%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,857,000
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-income6.2×

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How 98136 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity90%
Supply tightness91%
Affordability44%
Investment yield22%
Appreciation21%

Affordability, supply & momentum

56SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply6.0 mo
Days on Market8d
Inv vs History+35.0%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$4,825
Payment burden37.7%
Median income · ZIP$153,636
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$5,781
Monthly rent$2,160
Market dynamics
Price cut %14.5%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply6
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,160
Price-to-rent36.9
Est. cap rate1.8%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score12
Transit score26
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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