King & Snohomish County Market Stats – April 2018

April 2018 active inventory rose 25% from March 31 2018 and 17% from April 2017.

Historically listings taken and active listings at the end of the month grow from April through July. In addition the majority of the year’s appreciation occurs in the first six months.

What does this mean:

• Buyers can be a little more picky, more listings are coming, but they still are going to have to be aggressive with their offers

• 62% sold for over list price and 83.4% sold in less than 15 days. However these are the properties that sold.

• April 2018 active inventory rose 25% from March 31 2018 and 17% from April 2017.

• Sellers may want to be cautious about pushing their asking price.