Active Listings

The total number of properties listed for sale increased 24.5% year over year, with 24,965 active listings on the market at the end of September 2026, compared to 20,052 at the end of September 2025.

Buyers had access to more than 4,900 additional homes compared to a year ago, continuing a trend of expanding inventory across the Northwest MLS service area.

Twenty-four of the 27 NWMLS counties experienced year-over-year inventory growth. The five counties with the largest increases were Wahkiakum (+61.5%), Walla Walla (+45.1%), Snohomish (+44.2%), Douglas (+36.0%), and Thurston (+33.3%). Inventory also rose sharply in the region’s largest markets, including King (+31.1%) and Pierce (+21.6%).

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New Listings

NWMLS brokers added 9,996 new listings to the database in September 2026. That represented a year-over-year increase of 8.7% compared to September 2025, when 9,193 listings were added to the NWMLS database.

Sellers brought more than 800 additional homes to market than they did a year ago, giving buyers more options across the Northwest MLS service area.

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Pending Sales

There were 6,231 residential and condominium units under contract in September 2026, a 15.1% decrease compared to September 2025, when 7,335 listings were under contract. The year-over-year decline in pending sales more than doubled from August, when pending sales were down 6.5%.

Supply continued to outpace demand. For every 100 new listings added in September, buyers went under contract on about 62 homes, down from about 80 in September 2025.

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Closed Sales

Closed sales decreased 8.9% year over year, with 5,623 residential and condominium transactions completed in September 2026, compared to 6,170 in September 2025.

Of the 5,623 closed sales in September 2026, 4,970 were residential home sales and 653 were condominium sales.

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Months of Inventory

At the September 2026 pace of sales, it would take approximately 4.44 months to sell every home currently listed in the NWMLS service area if no new homes came on the market, up from 3.25 months in September 2025.

The counties with the lowest months of inventory were Kitsap (2.58), Clallam (3.21), Clark (3.30), Thurston (3.69), and Pierce (3.79), indicating tighter market conditions in those areas. Among counties with at least 40 closed sales, Chelan (8.38), Okanogan (8.28), and Grant (7.85) had the most inventory relative to sales.

What this means: More inventory typically gives buyers more time to compare homes and more room to negotiate.

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Median Sales Price

The median sales price for residential homes and condominiums sold in September 2026 was $625,000, a 0.9% decrease compared to September 2025 ($630,700). Prices held especially steady in King County, where the median was unchanged at $850,000. The median price of a single-family home in King County was $949,975.

The counties with the highest median sales prices were San Juan ($885,000), King ($850,000), and Snohomish ($720,000), while the lowest median prices were recorded in Adams ($307,500), Grays Harbor ($310,000), and Pacific and Ferry ($325,000 each).

San Juan County’s median price was nearly three times that of Adams County, highlighting the significant variation in housing prices across Washington. The strongest median price gains were in Skagit (+7.9% to $603,700), Kittitas (+7.4% to $531,850), and Grant (+6.2% to $376,507).

Single-Family Homes vs. Condominiums

The condo market softened more than the single-family market in September. Condo pending sales fell 22.7% year over year, compared to 13.9% for single-family homes. Condo months of inventory climbed to 6.29, up from 4.11 a year ago, while single-family homes had 4.20 months of inventory, up from 3.12.

The median condo price declined 4.7% to $455,000, while the median single-family home price slipped 1.1% to $643,000. In King County, condo buyers had 7.0 months of inventory to choose from, and the median condo price fell 6.0% to $496,000.

County Highlights

Several counties bucked the regional slowdown. Closed sales rose 27.3% in Jefferson County and 24.7% in Clallam County, and Kitsap County posted gains in both closed sales (+2.3%) and median price (+1.6% to $589,500). Pending sales climbed 22.9% in Pacific County and 21.6% in Okanogan County.

On the softer side, Chelan County’s closed sales fell 27.8% and its median price fell 9.7% to $555,000. The median price in Grays Harbor County fell 10.1% to $310,000.

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