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Walla Walla Real Estate Update – October 2025

Walla Walla Real Estate Report – October 2025 Mortgage interest rates continued to trend lower in October, ending the month at 6.17% for 30-year fixed-rate loans, the lowest level since early October 2024. Pending sales, listings, and prices experienced year-over-year gains. Here are a few highlights from October: Inventory remained up compared to a year […]
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Walla Walla Real Estate Update – September 2025

Walla Walla Real Estate Report – September 2025 Inventory is climbing in the Walla Walla Valley, giving buyers more options. Sellers have been listing properties at a faster rate than buyers have been purchasing them. These changes may reflect that the strong seller’s market Walla Walla has been experiencing is softening. Closings slid further behind […]
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Walla Walla Real Estate Update – August 2025

Walla Walla Real Estate Report – August 2025 During the hot days of August, the real estate market in Walla Walla cooled off a bit. Closed home sales declined, but buyers experienced expanded opportunities. Here are a few highlights: Closed home sales fell further behind last year’s pace. Monthly closed home sales fell 38% […]
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Walla Walla Real Estate Update – July 2025

Walla Walla Real Estate Report – July 2025 At the end of July 2025, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.72%, virtually the same as the average rate for the past year. However, July was one of the most active months of the year in the Walla Walla valley. Buyers got busy. July […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – October 2025 Walla Walla Real Estate Report – October 2025 Mortgage interest rates continued to trend lower in October, ending the month at 6.17% for 30-year fixed-rate loans, the lowest level since early October 2024. Pending sales, listings, and prices experienced year-over-year gains. Here are a few highlights from October: Inventory remained up compared to a year […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – September 2025 Walla Walla Real Estate Report – September 2025 Inventory is climbing in the Walla Walla Valley, giving buyers more options. Sellers have been listing properties at a faster rate than buyers have been purchasing them. These changes may reflect that the strong seller’s market Walla Walla has been experiencing is softening. Closings slid further behind […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – August 2025 Walla Walla Real Estate Report – August 2025 During the hot days of August, the real estate market in Walla Walla cooled off a bit. Closed home sales declined, but buyers experienced expanded opportunities. Here are a few highlights: Closed home sales fell further behind last year’s pace. Monthly closed home sales fell 38% […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – July 2025 Walla Walla Real Estate Report – July 2025 At the end of July 2025, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.72%, virtually the same as the average rate for the past year. However, July was one of the most active months of the year in the Walla Walla valley. Buyers got busy. July […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – June 2025 Walla Walla Real Estate Report – June 2025 Though mortgage rates may be daunting, the availability of homes for sale and the softening of home prices indicate that the Walla Walla valley is experiencing a rebalancing of housing market trends. Here are the key highlights from June. Buyers had more choices in June. […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – May 2025 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – May 2025 Walla Walla’s real estate market continued to experience significant growth in housing inventory. While buyer activity showed some signs of seasonal strength, it continued to lag behind the surge in new and active listings. Here are highlights from May: Seller activity continued to outpace buyer activity. […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – April 2025 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – April 2025 As spring got underway in the Walla Walla Valley, inventory had grown, but the pace of closed home sales had slowed. Here are some highlights from April: The number of sellers outpaced buyers. Ninety-three new listings hit the market in April, but only forty-six […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – March 2025 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – March 2025 March’s market activity showed some expected seasonal growth as we moved into spring. As the first quarter came to an end in the Walla Walla Valley, here are a few highlights: More sellers listed their homes. During the first quarter, listings grew 16% when compared […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – February 2025 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – February 2025 As monthly home closings heated up, February’s chilly weather had a cooling effect on new transactions and new listings in the Walla Walla Valley. Here are a few highlights: Home Closings Surged Forward. After a slow start in January, closed home sales more than doubled […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – January 2025 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – January 2025 January was a quiet month for closed home sales in the Walla Walla Valley. But the market experienced growth in new contract signings and in inventory as well. Closed home sales set new monthly low. January was one of the lowest closing months ever in […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – December 2024 Walla Walla Real Estate 2024 Year-End Report Despite hopes among potential home buyers and sellers, the Federal Reserve Bank’s three interest rate cuts in 2024 did not lead to reduced mortgage rates or a significant boost to the housing market. The 30-year mortgage interest rate was actually higher at the end of 2024 (6.85%) […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – November 2024 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – November 2024 The seasonal slowdown of the real estate market has begun as evidenced by the month-over-month decrease in listings, sales, and prices. Yet the market shows some signs of year-over-year improvement in closings and prices. Here are key takeaways from November: Monthly closings slowed but still […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – October 2024 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – October 2024 The Walla Walla real estate market remained active during the month of October. However, mortgage rates unexpectedly rose again from 6.08% at the end of September to 6.72% at the end of October. Closed home sales moved further ahead of last year’s pace. Buyers were […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – September 2024 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – September 2024 The reduction of interest rates in September by the Federal Reserve provided a positive end-of-the-summer boost to the market. As the third quarter came to an end, here’s what happened in the Walla Walla Valley: Quarterly home closings outpaced last year. The approximate 1% year-over-year decline […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – August 2024 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – August 2024 More listings and lower interest rates are keeping buyers active. At month end, mortgage rates were at their lowest level since March of 2023, and the Federal Reserve is expected to further reduce interest rates in September. Here are market highlights from August: August was […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – July 2024 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – July 2024 There are signs that the housing market is loosening up, and interest rates are declining and are likely to continue to drop more in the upcoming months. Here are the highlights we saw for the Walla Walla Valley during July. Closed home sales are now 5% ahead […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – June 2024 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – June 2024 At the mid-point of our year, increased inventory is leading the way towards market stabilization. The Northwest MLS the most current, accurate listing data in WA state released the following market data for June in the Walla Walla Valley. Year-over-year for sale inventory increased dramatically. […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – May 2024 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – May 2024 While interest rates remained high, increases in inventory and transactions signal buyers and sellers are adapting. The NWMLS released the following statistics for the month of May in the Walla Walla Valley: Inventory increased to the highest level in 4+ years. The number of homes […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – April 2024 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – April 2024 The Walla Walla Valley’s real estate market continued to pick up consistent with typical seasonal patterns. The Northwest MLS released the following statistics for the Walla Walla Valley during the month of April. Market activity increased despite constrained mortgage rate impacts. Interest rates increased by .38 […]

Market Trends Walla Walla Real Estate Update – March 2024 Walla Walla Real Estate Update – March 2024 The Walla Walla Valley’s real estate market showed signs of thawing as new listings and pending sales numbers grew, pointing to a busy spring. Here are highlights from the first quarter of the year. Inventory increased to 3.5 months. Buyers had more homes to consider […]