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Talal's Market Report #865 (2026-04-29)
Ross Dam near Diablo Lake. One year ago, the King County median sat 1.8% lower than today, almost two percent below where we are now. The median for non-new-construction homes is $850,000; condominiums are down about 7% from this time last year, while residential homes are up 1.8%. People in King County want more land, and that trend isn't reversing unless population reverses, which isn't happening anytime soon. The value lives in home ownership. Closed sales are off, but d
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