Seattle & Eastside Market Report
August 2025 · 18cities · Single-family homes only
Key Takeaways
Sammamish flipped to a buyer's market in August
DOM nearly doubled from 17 to 35 days month-over-month, above-list sales collapsed from 14% to 8%, and volume fell 21% year-over-year. This is the steepest single-month deterioration of any reliable city this summer.
Renton's days on market surged from 8 to 20 between July and August
the most affordable reliable market lost its tight-pace advantage, and the median pulled back from $792,500 to $765,000. ZHVI is now -1.3% year-over-year, the weakest YoY reading in the dataset.
Bothell crossed the 30-sale threshold for the first time this cycle (32 sales) and immediately showed the worst market temperature in the report
buyer-market classification with 31-day DOM and volume down 26% YoY.
Edmonds reversed sharply from July's standout
DOM tripled from 8 to 25 days and above-list sales dropped from 28% to 19% — the August slowdown hit the prior month's tightest market hardest.
Mortgage rates eased to 6.56% (4-month low), trimming the monthly payment on a $750K loan to roughly $4,770
about $60 less than July. Meaningful? Yes. Enough to unlock stalled demand? Not yet, based on the volume data.
Mortgage Rates
Freddie Mac PMMSRates are 0.21 points higher than a year ago. They peaked at 7.04% in January and bottomed at 6.08% in September. Purchasing power has tightened compared to a year ago.
Home Values
Zillow ZHVIZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) estimates the value of a typical single-family home in each city — whether or not it sold. Based on the middle tier (33rd–67th percentile), excluding starter homes and luxury. Smoothed and updated monthly, not distorted by low sales volume.
| City | Typical Home Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Mercer Island | $2.37M | +0.7% |
| Bellevue | $1.71M | +2.6% |
| Sammamish | $1.67M | +1.1% |
| Redmond | $1.51M | +1.6% |
| Newcastle | $1.46M | +1.8% |
| Kirkland | $1.42M | +1.0% |
| Woodinville | $1.40M | +1.1% |
| Issaquah | $1.34M | +0.8% |
| Bothell | $1.10M | +0.9% |
| Kenmore | $1.09M | +1.0% |
| Lake Forest Park | $1.04M | -0.6% |
| Brier | $975K | +0.9% |
| Edmonds | $957K | 0% |
| Seattle | $914K | -1.5% |
| Shoreline | $827K | -1.6% |
| Lynnwood | $799K | -0.4% |
| Renton | $783K | -1.3% |
| Mountlake Terrace | $708K | -1.0% |
12-Month Trends by Tier
Indexed to 100 at start — above 100 gained value, below 100 lost. Hover to highlight.
Premium
$1.5M+Mid-Range
$1M–1.5MAffordable
Under $1MMarket Activity
August 2025Actual single-family home sales from Redfin Data Center. Cities with fewer than 30 sales are flagged — their medians can swing wildly.
| City | Median | YoY | Sold | DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brier* | $1.08M | -0.7% | 5 | 5 days — Fast |
| Lynnwood* | $785K | -3.4% | 24 | 5 days — Fast |
| Lake Forest Park* | $1.10M | -3.3% | 5 | 7 days — Fast |
| Mountlake Terrace* | $775K | +3.3% | 9 | 9 days — Fast |
| Bellevue | $1.77M | -3.3% | 97 | 12 days — Fast |
| Issaquah* | $1.64M | +13.1% | 24 | 12 days — Fast |
| Woodinville* | $1.09M | -22.1% | 10 | 13 days — Moderate |
| Shoreline | $922K | +1.4% | 36 | 13 days — Moderate |
| Kirkland | $1.56M | -0.2% | 69 | 15 days — Moderate |
| Seattle | $1.10M | +8.3% | 447 | 15 days — Moderate |
| Redmond | $1.53M | -7.0% | 39 | 17 days — Moderate |
| Renton | $765K | -10.8% | 64 | 20 days — Moderate |
| Mercer Island* | $2.12M | -26.4% | 16 | 22 days — Slow |
| Kenmore* | $1.20M | +1.9% | 25 | 22 days — Slow |
| Edmonds | $1.15M | +4.9% | 31 | 25 days — Slow |
| Newcastle* | $1.65M | -15.1% | 12 | 27 days — Slow |
| Bothell | $1.23M | -6.8% | 32 | 31 days — Very slow |
| Sammamish | $1.64M | -8.9% | 60 | 35 days — Very slow |
* Fewer than 30 SFH sales — median unreliable (row muted). YoY = year-over-year median price. MoS = months of supply. Click headers to sort.
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