Seattle housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Seattle home prices: in September 2026 the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical home in Seattle, Washington at $822,572, −1.8% against a year earlier and −9.9% below the peak of $912,706 set in June 2022.
- Value of a typical home
- $822,572September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- −1.8%. Measured since September 2025.
Seattle home prices since 2000
Seattle is the steel line, and the grey line is the United States. Between January 2000 and now, the typical Seattle home rose from $256,562 to $822,572, ×3.21, while the US gained ×2.99 over the same months. Prices peaked during the boom in October 2007 at $497,597, then bottomed in June 2012 at $348,076, −30.0%.
Seattle's median home price, by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values, and 2026 covers the latest month.
| Year | Seattle | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $268,082 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $289,174 | +7.9% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $302,309 | +4.5% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $318,505 | +5.4% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $347,620 | +9.1% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $396,158 | +14.0% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $455,763 | +15.0% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $489,519 | +7.4% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $469,146 | −4.2% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $417,317 | −11.0% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $400,903 | −3.9% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $372,537 | −7.1% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $355,804 | −4.5% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $395,545 | +11.2% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $431,379 | +9.1% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $484,742 | +12.4% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $561,694 | +15.9% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $636,107 | +13.2% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $719,154 | +13.1% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $697,666 | −3.0% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $718,828 | +3.0% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $788,842 | +9.7% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $871,889 | +10.5% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $826,519 | −5.2% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $850,514 | +2.9% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $850,563 | 0% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $822,572 | −1.8% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Seattle in any year is worth today
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values, and the current value is September 2026. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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Seattle housing market forecast
For the Seattle, WA metro, Zillow's forecast shows 0% across the 12 months starting September 2026, and −0.6% across the next three months. Seattle's typical value stands at $822,572, so that forecast would put the figure near $822,600 one year on.
Here the forecast restates Zillow's own central estimate for the metro; no forecast of its own comes from the site. Forecasts of this kind, over a 12-month horizon, have typically landed several percentage points away from the realised change, in both directions. This is not investment advice.
All metro forecasts in a single table: housing market forecast.
Seattle housing market crash risk score
Very high: 88 of 100
Against the 292 cities, Seattle is ranked by the score on five conditions that were high ahead of earlier price falls. Against the other cities, each input receives a score from 0 to 100; the five scores then receive equal weight in the average. It describes conditions as they stand now; predicting a crash is not what it does.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +57.4% | 92 | 20% |
| Days listed on the market vs 2019 | +24.4% | 83 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 30.8 | 94 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 6.9 | 82 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | −1.8% | 88 | 20% |
No investment advice here. How each input is scored: methodology. Every one of 292 cities ranked: crash risk by city.
Seattle inventory and days on market
As of September 2026 the Seattle, WA metro listed 13,078 homes for sale, +28.5% compared with a year earlier, and +57.4% versus the same month of 2019. The median listing sold in 51 days (+24.4% against 2019), while 25.0% of listings carried a price cut.
| Seattle, WA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 13,078 | +28.5% |
| New listings | 4,676 | |
| Median days on market | 51 | +9.7% |
| Median list price | $749,970 | −2.4% |
| Share with a price cut | 25.0% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. All metros: days on market by city.
Living costs in Seattle
Rent in Seattle: the typical asking price is $2,227 a month, +0.5% on a year, per the Zillow Observed Rent Index. At that rent, 30.8 years covers the price of a typical home. With median household income of $118,745 (Census ACS 2024), the typical home equals 6.9 times one year's income. BEA places metro prices at 111.1, where the US average is 100, and housing costs at 151.3.
The salary needed to move there, with rent and prices: Seattle cost of living.
Other Washington housing markets
- $392,803 in Spokane.
- $482,647 in Tacoma.
- $498,160 in Vancouver.
- $1,386,450 in Bellevue.
- $358,493 in Yakima.
- $657,528 in Bellingham.
- $526,205 in Olympia.
For the whole state: Washington housing market.
How to read this chart
Each point plots the Zillow Home Value Index for Seattle, the smoothed and seasonally adjusted value of a typical home in the market's middle third, in that month's dollars. The hollow dot shows the month picked on the slider, and the terracotta dot shows the latest month. These numbers do not account for inflation, and an index tracks the typical home instead of one particular house. To find a single home's value, use its sale price with the card above or the home appreciation calculator.