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Washington, USA
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Washington buyers🚨
You found the house? You get the savings!
writemyoffer.com. For buyers that know the home they want.
Select an address. Set your terms. Work with a licensed realtor.
Apply commission savings towards price, closing costs, or interest rate buy down.
Sources:
- [Barron's: pending home sales plunge (rate run 6.66% → 7.4%)](barrons.com/articles/pending…)
- [realtor.com Q3 2026 Market Clock coverage](realtor.com/news/2026-q3-mar…)
Texas Q3: statewide median dipped 0.4% to $333,628, yet prices rose in 15 of 26 markets.
Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin all slipped ~1% while Abilene jumped 22%.
Price off your street's comps, not the headline.
Source:
- [Houston Agent Magazine: Texas REALTORS Q3 2026 housing report](houstonagentmagazine.com/202…)
Source:
- [IRS SOI county-to-county migration data, 2022–2023](irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-s…)
Eastside of Seattle: 4 straight weeks above 4 months of inventory, the longest buyer-favored stretch of 2026. Rolling median $1.405M, down 10.4% from a year ago.
Buyers, the leverage is real.
Source:
- [EastsideHomes.com: Eastside Real Estate Update 10-14-26](eastsidehomes.com/2026/10/14…)
Pending home sales fell 7.3% in September to a record-low index of 66.0. Contracts dropped in all four regions; the West led at -9.2%.
Buyers are waiting out 7.4% rates. Scarce distressed supply is still holding prices up.
Sources:
- [NAR: Pending Home Sales Decreased 7.3% in September](nar.realtor/newsroom/pending…)
- [Reuters: US pending home sales tumble to record low](reuters.com/business/us-pend…)
September housing starts printed 1.22M — under the 1.30M consensus, lowest since May.
The drop is inside Census's margin of error, so it's noise until it's a trend. The real read: permits held at 1.40M, multifamily permits up 5.9%.
Builders are queuing, not quitting.
Sources:
- [Census Sept 2026 starts/permits summary](sourcefirstnews.com/us-housi…)
- [Reuters: single-family starts detail](941theduke.com/2026/10/20/us…)
The starter home is quietly becoming a condo, even with HOA fees.
Starter-priced listings are 36% of inventory (vs 38% in 2019) and 27% of them are condos or townhomes, up from 18%. The entry price hit $340K.
Source:
- [PR Newswire: Starter-Home Squeeze report](prnewswire.com/news-releases…)
Realtor.com's Market Clock just ticked to 4 o'clock nationally, late balanced, tipping toward buyers.
41 of 99 major markets changed time last quarter, nearly all buyer-friendly.
1 in 5 September listings took a price cut, a record for this time of year.
Census: America's 50 biggest counties lost 637,634 people to domestic migration in a year, while every smaller county size gained.
Migration moves before prices do.
Sources:
- [Census Bureau: Vintage 2025 county population estimates](census.gov/newsroom/press-re…)
Sources:
- [King County profile](movermath.com/washington/kin…)
- [Snohomish County profile](movermath.com/washington/sno…)
Builder sentiment just hit 29, its lowest since 2012.
43% of builders are cutting prices (most this cycle) and 65% are offering incentives.
If you're buying, new construction has the incentives.
Source:
- [Reuters: homebuilder sentiment tumbles to near 14.5-year low](srnnews.com/us-homebuilder-s…)
