The Seattle income-needed indicator moved -2.79% year over year, which shifts the rent-vs-buy line — rates, taxes, insurance, and HOA costs then decide it for your budget. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.8. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $544,576 in 98121 to $1,362,281 in 98112 — a factor of 2.5. 14 of 22 tracked ZIPs (64%) show the current cooling flag.
Key stats
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.8.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $544,576 in 98121 to $1,362,281 in 98112 — a factor of 2.5.
- 14 of 22 tracked ZIPs (64%) show the current cooling flag.
- The median tracked ZIP records about 69 pending homes per 100 new listings.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 22
- Median ZIP home value
- $815,787
- Median ZIP rent
- $2,279
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.8.
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $544,576 in 98121 to $1,362,281 in 98112 — a factor of 2.5.
- cooling share
- 14 of 22 tracked ZIPs (64%) show the current cooling flag.
Seattle price-to-rent context
The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.8.
The income-needed indicator changed -2.79% year over year.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: calculation and missing-data rules
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