Published October 18, 2026 in Market Update

Bainbridge stayed competitive even as more listings came to market

By Thomas Earnest

Real estate, Bainbridge & Vashon Is. Buy Box

The one fact that changes what a homeowner should know: more listings did not slow demand. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 170 new listings in ZIP 98110 for the three months ending August 31, 2026, up 25.9% from the same months of 2025. Yet the median days on market fell to 10 days, nine days shorter than a year before. More choice came to market, and buyers still moved quickly.

Nationally, Realtor.com reported active listings topped 1.16 million homes for sale in September 2026. That is a lot of competition across the country. But in ZIP 98110, the Real Estate Data Aggregator counted just 2.1 months of supply. That is still a tight market by most measures.

Sellers got close to full price, and then some

The Real Estate Data Aggregator put the average sale-to-list ratio in ZIP 98110 at 99.4% for the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is up 0.8 points from a year before. Nearly 42 in 100 homes sold above list price, the Real Estate Data Aggregator found. That share rose 1.6 points from 2025.

More than half of all homes in ZIP 98110 went under contract within two weeks of listing. The Real Estate Data Aggregator put that share at 52%, up 15.8 points from the same months of 2025. That is a big jump. It tells you buyers were ready to move when the right home appeared.

Median price rose in 98110, dipped a little in 98070

The Real Estate Data Aggregator put the median sale price in ZIP 98110 at $1,300,280 for the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is up 2% from the same months of 2025. In ZIP 98070, the median came in at $895,000, down 2.2% from a year before. Prices dipped a little on Vashon. That is worth knowing if you are thinking about a list price there.

Vashon: fewer homes for sale, but still selling

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 38 homes for sale in ZIP 98070 for the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is down 17.4% from 2025. New listings there fell 13.3% to 52. Not every home sold fast: the median was 11 days, but that is still five days shorter than a year before. The sale-to-list ratio came in at 100.1%, up 1.5 points. Sellers there got slightly above list price, on average.

The wider picture: rates and national supply

Realtor.com reported mortgage rates climbed above 7% for the first time since January 2025. That is a real headwind for buyers across the country. The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported U.S. house prices rose 2.6% from July 2025 to July 2026. Locally, the Real Estate Data Aggregator shows Bainbridge held up well against that backdrop.

Realtor.com also reported that 20.8% of listings nationally took a price cut in September 2026, the highest share since October 2022. That is not what the Real Estate Data Aggregator found in ZIP 98110, where the sale-to-list ratio actually rose. Local conditions here did not follow the national pattern.

One street can read very differently from the whole ZIP code. A home on the water, or set back in the trees, can sit in its own little market. These numbers are a starting point, not the whole story for your address.