Burien 98146

King County, WA · 7,889 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

36affordability /100

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

Payment burden
38.8%
severe
Days on market
11
daily
Price cuts
13.6%
of active
Valuation
+104.3%
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
36

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 22.7% correction for affordability
DOM: 37d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)25
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)40

Balanced market in 98146. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 38.9% of median income. A 10% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 37. Renting is approximately 144% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 29.3).

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.

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Median price
$694,820
▾ 0.6% YoY
Days on market
11
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,979
ZORI
Investor score
32/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
46
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+104.3%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,419,200
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-income6.4×

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How 98146 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity82%
Supply tightness76%
Affordability39%
Investment yield43%
Appreciation29%

Affordability, supply & momentum

52SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply8.3 mo
Days on Market11d
Inv vs History+0.5%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$3,510
Payment burden38.8%
Median income · ZIP$108,460
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$4,205
Monthly rent$1,979
Market dynamics
Price cut %13.6%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply8.3
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,979
Price-to-rent29.3
Est. cap rate2.2%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score1
Transit score17
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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