Seattle Agent magazine spoke with panelists from the upcoming Accelerate Summit to ask one very important question: What is the biggest shift shaping success for top-producing brokers today, and how are you adapting to it?

U.S. home sales declined 6% year over year and 32% month over month in January, according to the latest REMAX National Housing Report.  

Estates in Bellevue and Clyde Hill topped the list of the 10 most expensive Seattle-area home sales in January.

In this edition of Local Look, Windermere Principal Economist Jeff Tucker explains how homebuyers have increasingly gained leverage in the local housing market as home prices have softened.

“Congratulations to the 2025 top performers for another extraordinary year leading luxury for our brokerage and for our industry alike,” said President and CEO Dean Jones.

Affordable units — defined by RentCafe as those where rent doesn’t exceed 30% of the area median income — now make up nearly one in four new apartments in Seattle.

Also elected to new leadership positions were Vice Chairperson JoAnna Harrison, Treasurer Rachelle Willhite, Secretary Jon Hunter and Immediate Past Chairperson David Maider.

The priciest Seattle homes added to the market in the past month range in price from $3.298 million to nearly $10 million.

Andréa Akita will serve as interim director until Wilson selects permanent leadership.

Seattle ranked No. 13 in the nation in RentCafe’s 2026 Most Livable U.S. Metro Areas report. That ranking would have been higher — if not for the city’s high cost of living.

NWMLS noted that the median home price reflects “a decade of sustained home value growth,” given the median of $310,000 in 2015.

These are the five most expensive homes sold in greater Seattle in 2025, as well as the brokers responsible for the transactions.

Brokers who were previously affiliated with SREC will now operate independently or affiliate with local brokerages.

Buyers for two of the 10 most expensive homes sold in the greater Seattle area in December will be neighbors on the same street in Medina.

The legislation would revise certain real estate laws, with the bill’s major revision restricting private listing networks.

Schuler, previously associated with Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty, has over 20 years of experience in the Puget Sound-area market and nearly $700 million in career sales.