We’re nearly halfway through the Seattle area real estate year of 2026. How are we doing compared to the past couple of years?
Honestly, okay.
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The total number of listings that went under contract are down 4% overall as compared to 2024 and 2025. But that’s actually a reasonable marginal number, especially considering the spike in interest rates, increased inflation, tech layoffs, and war in Iran.
Put another way, if in 2024 and 2025 a neighborhood sold 25 homes each year, in 2026 despite everything going on in the world we still managed to sell 24 homes. Just one less (4%) than the previous years. That’s pretty phenomenal all things considered and should be encouraging for anyone looking to sell (or even buy) a home.
Here’s the data for the Seattle area 2026 to date compared to 2024 and 2025.
Next up: A look at prices so far this year compared to previous years.
Notes and Disclaimers:
· Please note that all the data is from the NWMLS for Seattle from 1/1/2024 through the first half of June (6/15/2026).
· About 10% of the listings in NWMLS are double listings, meaning a single home might be listed once in one neighborhood and a second time in another neighborhood, or listed once as a house and once as a condo. This inflates the data, so these double listings have been consolidated to single listings so that each listing is only counted once. Additionally, in two instances I saw typos so corrected those (for example, someone mistyped the list price as $79,990 for a house that sold for $799,900, meaning they missed a 0 that reaaaallllllyyyyy inflated the percent-to-ask numbers for February 2024 — this was caught and corrected).
· I reserve all rights but accept no liability. I’m licensed with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest, am a licensed assistant to top producing LarissaWilson.com, and these posts are informational and not meant to be solicitations if you are represented by another agent.
Contact me at RobInSeattle or RobMathison@BHHSNW.com.
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