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King County Market Update East & South King County Market Update [July 2026] Last updated August 17, 2026 · Monthly figures: July 2026 NWMLS data This is my living market page for East and South King County. I update it every Monday with what changed, and I rebuild the full tables each month when new NWMLS numbers land. If you want the current read on Bellevue, Sammamish, Issaquah, […]
Buyer Resources Is Auburn WA a Good Place to Buy a Home in 2026? If you’re a first-time buyer priced out of Renton or Kent, Auburn is worth a serious look. It’s one of the last places in King County where a starter home doesn’t require a six-figure income just to qualify. Here’s what actually matters if you’re thinking about buying there in 2026. What You Get for Your […]
Buyer Resources Living in Kent Station/Midway, Kent WA | 2026 Guide ← Back to the Kent Living Guide Midway sits at Kent’s north end, where the city runs into SeaTac and Des Moines along SR-99 and I-5. This is a Walkable Urban Edge neighborhood, built around the SR-99 corridor and the new Kent Des Moines light rail station, which opened in December 2025 next to Highline […]
Buyer Resources Living in Soos Creek Corridor, Kent WA | 2026 Guide ← Back to the Kent Living Guide The Soos Creek Corridor is the long green spine running through East Hill Kent, built around nearly six miles of paved trail that follows Big Soos Creek from SE 192nd Street south toward Lake Meridian. It is a Wooded Sanctuary neighborhood, the kind of place where the trees […]
Kent Living in Panther Lake, Kent WA | 2026 Neighborhood Guide ← Back to the Kent Living Guide Panther Lake sits in central Kent East Hill, built around the small lake that gives the neighborhood its name. It is a Wooded Sanctuary neighborhood, quiet and tucked away, even though it sits just a few minutes from the busier East Hill shopping corridors. Most homes here went […]
Buyer Resources Living in Lake Meridian, Kent WA | 2026 Guide ← Back to the Kent Living Guide Lake Meridian is one of Kent’s premier addresses, wrapped around the swim lake of the same name in central-east Kent. It is a Family-First Established neighborhood, built for weekends at the beach and evenings on the water, not just a commute stop between work and home. Most homes […]
Buyer Resources How Long Does It Take to Sell a Home in Auburn WA in 2026? Auburn homes are sitting longer than they were a year ago. That’s the short answer. Here’s the real number, and what’s driving it. Auburn’s Current Days on Market Auburn’s median days on market is running around 35 days right now, well above King County’s overall median of 12 days. Homes that would’ve gone pending in […]
Kent What Is a Listing Agreement? Kent WA Sellers, Read This First A listing agreement is the contract that gives an agent the legal right to sell your home. Sign it, and you’re locked in for a set period, usually 3 to 6 months. Happy or not. Most first-time sellers in Kent sign this without reading past the signature line. That’s a mistake. Here’s what’s actually in […]
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Kent Living in Downtown Kent, WA | 2026 Neighborhood Guide ← Back to the Kent Living Guide Downtown Kent and the valley floor sit at the base of the East Hill and West Hill plateaus, right along the Green River. This is the most walkable, most urban part of the city, and it is also the most affordable place to buy in 2026. It is […]
Buyer Resources Living in Kent West Hill, WA | 2026 Neighborhood Guide ← Back to the Kent Living Guide Kent’s West Hill sits above the valley floor on the west side of the city, close enough to SeaTac and Des Moines that some days it feels like its own small town. The vibe here is Quiet Cul-de-Sac Community. Streets wind with the hillside instead of running in […]
Buyer Resources Living in Kent East Hill, WA | 2026 Neighborhood Guide ← Back to the Kent Living Guide If you are looking at Kent East Hill in 2026, you are looking at the neighborhood most Kent families end up in once they run the numbers. It sits on the plateau above the valley floor, which means better views and quieter streets than you get down near […]
Real Estate How To This Guide Has Moved This article has been folded into our maintained guide: How to Prepare Your Home for Sale in King County. You are being taken there now.
Eastside Plateau Communities, Sammamish WA | 2026 Guide ← Back to the Sammamish Living Guide When people say they’re looking at Sammamish, they’re often looking at what falls under the “Plateau Communities” umbrella — the mix of established and more recently developed neighborhoods across the city’s interior plateau that don’t have the specific defining feature of a lake view, a golf course, or […]
Buyer Resources Sammamish Neighborhood Guide: Best Areas by Budget 2026 You’ve already picked Sammamish. Now you need to pick a piece of it. That’s harder than it sounds. Sammamish isn’t one neighborhood, it’s six or seven distinct ones stitched together on the plateau east of Lake Sammamish, and they don’t feel the same, cost the same, or send your kids to the same school district. […]
King County Neighborhoods Living in Aldarra, Sammamish WA | 2026 Guide ← Back to the Sammamish Living Guide Aldarra is one of Sammamish’s most intentionally designed neighborhoods. Built out mostly in the 2000s, it was planned from the start to balance generous lot sizes with meaningful community open space — and that planning shows. The neighborhood has a cohesive feel that many Sammamish communities lack, with […]
Eastside Living in Sahalee, Sammamish WA | 2026 Guide ← Back to the Sammamish Living Guide Sahalee is the only neighborhood in Sammamish built around a world-class golf course. Sahalee Country Club has hosted the PGA Championship, the US Senior Open, and multiple WGC events. That’s not the reason people live here — the golf course is a private club with its own membership […]
Eastside East Lake Sammamish Parkway, Sammamish WA | 2026 ← Back to the Sammamish Living Guide East Lake Sammamish Parkway is a different kind of Sammamish address. Most of the city sits up on the plateau interior, away from the water. The Parkway runs along the eastern shoreline of Lake Sammamish itself, and the homes here — on the hillside above the road — […]
Buyer Resources Is Kent, WA a Good Place to Buy a Home in 2026?   Kent’s residential median price dropped 5.2% from May 2025 to May 2026, from $725,000 to $687,000. The median days on market is 12 days. Slowest of the seven cities I track. Those numbers deserve an honest explanation, because Kent gets described in a lot of different ways and not all of them are accurate. […]
King County Market Update This Guide Has Moved This article has been folded into our maintained guide: East & South King County Market Update [July 2026]. You are being taken there now.
Eastside Living in Tally Ho & Inglewood Hill, Sammamish | 2026 ← Back to the Sammamish Living Guide Tally Ho and Inglewood Hill sit on the northwestern edge of Sammamish, in a part of the plateau that the real estate world doesn’t always break out separately but locals definitely treat as distinct. The defining characteristic here is the terrain and what that terrain delivers: Inglewood Hill […]

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