Seattle Median Sale Price by Neighborhood, October 2026

In September 2026, Seattle's closed single-family medians were $952,500 in Ballard and Green Lake, $930,000 in North Seattle, $1,167,500 in Central Seattle and $897,500 in West Seattle, per the NWMLS King County area report, against a King County median of $850,000 and 4.70 months of inventory. The citywide number hides a $270,000 spread between areas.

Those are the four NWMLS reporting areas that cover most of the city: Area 705 (Ballard and Green Lake), Area 710 (North Seattle), Area 390 (Central Seattle) and Area 140 (West Seattle). They are the latest closed numbers available in October, because the September report is the one that reflects deals that actually recorded.

Here is the table I work from with sellers and buyers this month, read from the September 2026 NWMLS King County Area Statistics report (residential closed sales):

Ballard / Green Lake (Area 705): 120 sales, median $952,500, average 25 days on market. September 2025: $945,900.

North Seattle (Area 710): 63 sales, median $930,000, average 26 days. September 2025: $1,039,500.

Central Seattle (Area 390): 46 sales, median $1,167,500, average 32 days. September 2025: $1,093,750.

West Seattle (Area 140): 82 sales, median $897,500, average 26 days. September 2025: $890,000.

If you want the number for your own house rather than your area, start with the Seattle home value read. It works from recent closed sales near your address, which is the step this table cannot do for you.

Ballard and Green Lake sold fastest in September 2026, at an average of 25 days on market across 120 closed sales, followed by North Seattle and West Seattle at 26 days each and Central Seattle at 32 days, per the NWMLS King County area report. All four closed at or under King County's 35-day residential average.

Speed tells you where buyers are competing. Ballard and Green Lake also carried the most volume of any Seattle area, 120 closings in one month, and 167 more homes went pending there in September. That is a deep, liquid market: priced right, a house there gets seen by every active buyer in its first weekend.

Central Seattle took a week longer on average. In my experience that is the price point, not the neighborhood: at a $1.17 million median, buyers take a second showing and an inspection before they write, and the sellers who price for that patience close cleanly.

West Seattle is the one I watch most closely this fall. It carried the lowest median of the four at $897,500, sold in 26 days, and logged 82 closings, the second-highest count of the four. For a buyer stretching toward $900,000, that is where the choice still exists.

King County ended September 2026 with 4.70 months of inventory across houses and condos, per the NWMLS county recap. Active listings were 8,058 against 6,146 in September 2025, a 31% jump, while pending sales fell 16.7%. Inside Seattle, supply now differs sharply by area.

Divide each area's active listings at the end of September by its September closings and you get a rough months-of-supply figure from the same NWMLS report. West Seattle sits near 3.0 months (246 active, 82 sold). Ballard and Green Lake sit near 3.8 months (451 active, 120 sold). North Seattle is near 4.5 months (286 active, 63 sold). Central Seattle is near 5.7 months (263 active, 46 sold).

That gap is the story for anyone acting this fall. A West Seattle seller is still in a market where well-priced homes move. A Central Seattle seller is competing with nearly six months of choices, and the buyer knows it.

For the wider context on rates, supply and where prices are heading, the Seattle housing market report carries the monthly view; this post is the area-by-area cut.

King County's condo median fell to $496,000 in September 2026, down 5.97% from $527,500 a year earlier, with 7.05 months of condo inventory, per the NWMLS county recap. Condos are the softest part of the Seattle market this fall, and the spread between buildings matters more than the spread between neighborhoods.

Within the city, the same NWMLS area report shows Ballard and Green Lake condos closing at a $680,000 median across 26 sales in September, and Central Seattle condos at a $501,500 median across 31 sales. A citywide condo number blends a new Ballard building with parking and a 1970s unit with a special assessment, so treat it as a direction, not a price.

What I see in our condo files: buyers read the HOA budget, reserve study and any pending assessment before they read the floor plan. A unit with a clean reserve study and a reasonable monthly due sells; the same unit with an open assessment sits.

You turn an area median into a price for a Seattle house by replacing it with the closed sales closest to your home in size, age, lot and condition from the last 90 days, then adjusting for the differences. The median tells you which band you are in; the comparable sales tell you where inside that band your house lands.

Here is the order I work it in with Seattle sellers. First, the band: which of the four area medians your neighborhood sits under, and whether that area is moving like West Seattle or sitting like Central Seattle. Second, the comps: three to six closed sales within a short walk, same style and similar square footage. Third, the adjustments: a view, a garage, a finished basement, a busy arterial, a dated kitchen.

Fourth, the competition: what is active within that same radius today, because a buyer compares your list price to those homes, not to last spring. In an area with 5.7 months of supply, that fourth step decides the result.

Closed prices for the blocks around you are on the Seattle recently sold homes page, filtered by neighborhood. Pair them with this table and you have the same starting point I use.

A Seattle seller should price to the September closed medians and the active competition in their own NWMLS area this week, not to a spring comp, and a buyer should use the slower areas, Central Seattle and North Seattle, to negotiate. Both moves come from the same report: supply is up 31% countywide and buyers have time.

Sellers in West Seattle and Ballard: list with the house fully prepared and priced inside the area's band; those markets still reward a clean first weekend. Sellers in Central and North Seattle: price at or just under the most recent comparable closing, because the buyer has nearly five to six months of alternatives.

Buyers: in Central and North Seattle, ask for the inspection and financing terms you want and a seller credit where the inspection supports it. In Ballard and West Seattle, write cleanly and quickly on the right house; those areas still turn in under four weeks.

Either way, the next step is your own number. The Seattle home value read gives a seller the closed-sales picture for their address, and a 20-minute call with me turns it into a list price or an offer strategy.