Slow but steady improvement in inventory, sales and affordability is the consensus outlook for residential real estate in 2026. 

Seattle experts in real estate and lending offer their insights on 2026 in our annual predictions issue.

Seattle real estate leaders share their sales predictions for 2026.

Leaders in Seattle’s mortgage industry share their thoughts on what lies ahead for the local lending environment in 2026.

Driven primarily by the construction boom during the pandemic, the housing market has seen some improvements in affordability, but homes remain out of reach for many would-be buyers.

Seattle Agent asked some of the Puget Sound’s top brokerage executives, mortgage lenders and developers for their predictions for the coming year.

Leaders from The Agency, RSIR, Bushwick, John L. Scott and Windermere share their Seattle real estate predictions for 2025.

Leaders from Rate and HomeStreet Bank share their lending and mortgage rate predictions for 2025.

Brokerage executives share their national real estate predictions for 2024.

Seattle real estate has been marked by low inventory, rising prices, challenging mortgage rates and industry-shifting lawsuits. That’s a lot of change in one year, so how can we anticipate what’s next? We asked the experts.

These local brokerage executives offer their Seattke real estate predictions and reflect on the overall market as we enter 2024.

Brian Wulfestieg, vice president of sales, Washington and Oregon, at Toll Brothers, offers real estate predictions and considers the state of Seattle development as we enter 2024.

Last November, Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner announced 10 real estate predictions for 2023. But now, with the year nearly half over, Gardner has reviewed and revised some of those forecasts.

Home prices will remain steady and mortgage rates will settle in at less than 6% in 2023, NAR predicts.

In a market like we’ve seen over the last year, who would dare predict what lies ahead in 2023? Our panel of Seattle real estate experts.

Our panel of experts shares their thoughts on the future of Seattle real estate, from emerging trends to inventory woes.