Active listings up, sales steady in Washington statewide
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This Moses Lake home was listed at $405,000 on Wednesday, higher than the median home price in Grant County.
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MOSES LAKE — More homes were on the market in March 2026 than a year earlier, but sales are about the same, according to data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, which tracks real estate trends in 27 of Washington’s 39 counties.
Active listings rose 29.3% year over year statewide, according to the NWMLS, with nearly every county reporting double-digit gains. In Grant County, active listings were up 24.26% year-over-year, while in Adams County the increase was 75%
Closed sales in Washington were up only 0.2% compared to March 2025, according to the NWMLS data, but increased 31% over February 2026. In Grant County closed sales were up 20.27% year-over-year, but were down in Adams County by 57.14%.
Median sale prices decreased slightly statewide to $640,000, a drop of 1.5% year-over-year but up 3.2% from February, according to the NWMLS. The median home sale price in Grant County was $383,500, a 2.13% increase year-over-year, and in Adams County the median was $362,927, an increase of 1.09%.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage interest rate was 6.46% on Wednesday, according to Freddie Mac, up from 6.38% a week earlier but lower than a year ago, when it averaged 6.64%.
“Washington continues to mirror national trends by adding listings at a rate that is far outpacing any growth in sales,” Steven Bourassa, director of the Washington Center for Real Estate Research, wrote in the NWMLS release. “Active listings in the NWMLS service area in March 2026 increased … while the number of sales remained unchanged. In a nutshell, sellers have decided that they need to get on with their lives in spite of the fact that many would be giving up low-interest-rate mortgages. However, potential purchasers cannot afford to buy.”
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