Burien 98148

King County, WA · 2,152 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

30affordability /100

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

Payment burden
42.7%
severe
Days on market
9
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
of active
Valuation
+176.2%
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
30

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

47/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 29.7% correction for affordability
DOM: 48d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)40
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Balanced market in 98148. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 42.8% of median income. A 18% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 48. Renting is approximately 103% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 24.4).

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
$613,230
▾ 0.7% YoY
Days on market
9
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,091
ZORI
Investor score
37/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
8
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+176.2%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,693,900
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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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-income7.0×

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How 98148 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity88%
Supply tightness90%
Affordability28%
Investment yield68%
Appreciation27%

Affordability, supply & momentum

77SUPPLY
Severe TightnessSupply Tightness

Very tight supply — well-priced homes attract multiple offers within days.

Months of Supply4.9 mo
Days on Market9d
Inv vs History-26.3%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$3,098
Payment burden42.7%
Median income · ZIP$86,994
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,711
Monthly rent$2,091
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply4.9
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,091
Price-to-rent24.4
Est. cap rate2.7%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score3
Transit score28
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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