How long a King County listing sits, August 2026
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The median King County listing sat 45 days on the market in August 2026, against 45 days a year earlier. Days on market is the market’s pulse rather than its price: it says how long sellers wait, and it moves before asking prices do, because a seller cuts the price only after the waiting has already happened.
The seasonal pattern is severe and it is not a trend — listings move fastest in spring and slowest in December, every year, and the only honest comparison is to the same month a year ago. Over the whole series the fastest month was 9 days (April 2017) and the slowest 74 (January 2026).
Source: Realtor.com median days on market, King County WA, via FRED MEDDAYONMAR53033. Auto-generated each build.