Nationally, home sales in the 52 metro areas surveyed by RE/MAX increased 8.5% year over year for the fourth time in 2025, but declined 4.6% month over month.

Tapping into Realtor intel, Zillow analyzed its listing database for keywords that are increasing most in popularity heading into the new year.

Agent Publishing Founder and Publisher Anne Hartnett discusses Brokerage Culture with Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty’s Val Burmester, Rachel Schindler and Dean Jones.

Modern architecture is a prominent theme on this month’s list of the 10 most expensive homes sold in greater Seattle.

The pace of home sales, meanwhile, remained at “multi-decade lows” even as affordability reached its most favorable level since 2022.

Accessibility, quality and diversity propelled Seattle’s status.

The pace of home-price appreciation declined to its weakest pace in 10 years, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index. 

Homes on this month’s list of the priciest new properties on the Seattle housing market range from mid-century modern to new-construction.

Searches for “fixer-upper” on Realtor.com in July 2025 have more than tripled in volume compared to four years ago.

The pace of new-home sales hit an annual rate of 800,000, its highest level since January 2022. 

Fannie Mae also reduced its forecasts for home sales in 2025 and 2026. 

In Seattle, only 11% of women live below the poverty line — the 23rd-lowest percentage of any big city in the country.

The decline in sales came as a 17-month run of year-over-year increases in new listings came to a close.

The move was widely anticipated and is expected to be followed by additional cuts this year. 

Across the region, rentership increased in 37 of Seattle’s 66 largest suburbs from 2018 to 2023.

The jump in mortgage activity was driven in large part by refinancings, which surged 58% in the week ended Sept. 12.