Seatac 98168

King County, WA · 9,074 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

31affordability /100

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

Payment burden
42.1%
severe
Days on market
19
daily
Price cuts
14.5%
of active
Valuation
+130.1%
vs assessor
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33
/100
Weak
stable · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
50
Affordability
25
Valuation
20
Economic health
31

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

54/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 28.7% correction for affordability
DOM: 19d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)20

Balanced market in 98168. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 42.1% of median income. A 17% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 19. Renting is approximately 108% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 25.0).

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

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge.

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Median price
$589,656
▾ 0.5% YoY
Days on market
19
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,967
ZORI
Investor score
35/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
47
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+130.1%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,356,600
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-income6.9×

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How 98168 ranks in WA
percentile vs all Washington ZIPs · n=581
Market velocity63%
Supply tightness76%
Affordability30%
Investment yield63%
Appreciation29%

Affordability, supply & momentum

43SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply11.3 mo
Days on Market19d
Inv vs History-7.2%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,979
Payment burden42.1%
Median income · ZIP$84,937
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,568
Monthly rent$1,967
Market dynamics
Price cut %14.5%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply11.3
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,967
Price-to-rent25.0
Est. cap rate2.6%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score3
Transit score19
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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