Market Updates
Sammamish, WA Housing Market Update 2026
What buyers and sellers need to know, including why 4.9 months of inventory changes every talk about price. Updated September 2026 | By Mark Popach, Sammamish real estate agent at
Real Estate Insights From Mark Popach
Market updates, buyer guides, and seller strategies for every city on the Eastside. Written by Mark Popach.
Bellevue’s housing market split in two in the first half of 2026. The mid-tier single-family segment, homes priced $1.4M to $2.0M, is still moving fast. The condo market has shifted toward buyers, with more inventory, longer days on market, and room to negotiate that did not exist a year ago. And the luxury tier above $2.5M is running on its own timeline entirely. Understanding which market you are actually in is the difference between overpaying and winning.
Buying a home in Bellevue? One number will not tell you much. The citywide median is around $1.5 million in 2026.
Bellevue is still a seller’s market. That’s the good news. The part most sellers miss is that “seller’s market” no longer means you can list at whatever price feels right and wait for offers to roll in.
What buyers and sellers need to know, including why 4.9 months of inventory changes every talk about price. Updated September 2026 | By Mark Popach, Sammamish real estate agent at
What buyers and sellers need to know, including why the above-list sale collapse tells a sharper story than the headline price. Updated September 2026 | By Mark Popach, Mill Creek
What buyers and sellers need to know, including why transaction volume now tells a sharper story than the headline price. Updated September 2026 | By Mark Popach, Redmond real estate
What buyers and sellers need to know, including why Issaquah’s 3.6 months of supply keeps it tighter than most of the Eastside in fall 2026. Updated September 2026 | By
What buyers and sellers need to know, including why 45% of active listings have taken a price cut. Updated September 2026 | By Mark Popach, Bothell real estate agent at
What families, move-up buyers, tech professionals, and relocators need to know right now. Updated September 2026 | By Mark Popach, Bellevue real estate agent at Popach & Co. 1. Bellevue
What buyers and sellers need to know, including why Seattle’s single-family and condo markets tell two very different stories in fall 2026. Updated September 2026 | By Mark Popach, Seattle
A building-by-building comparison of amenities, HOA dues, and real proximity to work and transit. Written by someone who has toured all five and sat through the HOA disclosures. Updated August
In one Redmond zip code, homes are still selling in five days. A few miles away, in the same city, a third of listings just took a price cut. Both
Updated August 2026 | By Mark Popach, Bellevue real estate agent at Popach & Co. Bellevue’s market moved fast in early 2026, then slowed by midsummer. Inventory grew, homes sat
Bothell sits on the line between King County and Snohomish County. That line changes more than which mailbox holds your tax bill. The neighborhoods on each side carry different price
Bothell sits in two counties at once. The city line splits King County and Snohomish County. Because of that split, one Bothell home can carry a different tax rate than
