The week in review: July 27–31

The week of July 27–31 on seattletrendlines.com, in five posts.

Monday, July 27 — Seattle asking rents, June 2026. The typical asking rent in the Seattle metro was $2,269 a month in June 2026, up 1.4% from a year earlier.

Tuesday, July 28 — Case-Shiller Seattle, May 2026. The Case-Shiller Seattle home price index read 395.1 in May 2026 — down 1.8% from a year earlier, and 4.0× its January 2000 level.

Wednesday, July 29 — Boeing delivered 64 jets in June — 54 of them built in Puget Sound. Boeing handed over 64 commercial airplanes in June 2026, lifting first-half deliveries to 314 — its strongest first half since 2018. Fifty-four of June’s jets rolled out of Renton and Everett.

Thursday, July 30 — Seattle uses less water than it did in 1990 — with 44% more people. The SPU regional water system delivered about 170 million gallons a day in 1990 and roughly 124 by 2022 — down about 27%, even as the population it serves grew around 44%. It’s the clearest conservation success in the region’s infrastructure.

Friday, July 31 — Reported crime in Seattle, July 2026. Seattle police recorded 4,755 offenses in July 2026, down 20.3% from a year earlier, across all four NIBRS crime-against categories.

The week in review: every post from July 27–31, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.