April's here, and the Seattle market came into spring with some real momentum. Listings are up 29% year-over-year, months of supply sitting at 1.6 — still tilted toward sellers, but buyers have more to work with than they have in a while. The median closed price landed at $944,000, down 6% from last March. That sounds like softening — and it is — but rates dropped from 6.65% to 6.18% over the same period, which shaved about $650 off the typical monthly payment. Lower price, lower rate: the entry point is better than it looks on paper.

For sellers, the story hasn't changed much. 37% sold above list, and nearly two-thirds closed in under two weeks at 100.7% of asking. Price it right and the market still rewards you. Push too hard, and homes past 30 days are closing below 96 cents on the dollar — that gap adds up.

It's a market finding its balance, and there's real opportunity on both sides. Happy to talk through what that means for your situation.

— Erik

Why Mortgage Rates Are Rising Again

Mortgage rates are back in focus, and they’re shaping what buyers can expect this season. Windermere Economist Jeff Tucker breaks down the key economic forces behind rising rates and how they’re influencing affordability. Get a quick Local Look at what this means for the housing market in the months ahead.

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Commemorating The 1968 Fair Housing Act

April is Fair Housing Month, commemorating the passage of the Fair Housing Act in April 1968 and its ongoing impact on housing access in the U.S. It’s a reminder that while progress has been made, the effects of past housing discrimination are still visible today.

While the Fair Housing Act was a major milestone, it didn’t eliminate inequality overnight. Housing patterns in many cities remained segregated for decades, and disparities in homeownership and wealth persist today.

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WINDERMERE CUP 2026

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The King County Library System serves around 1.6 million residents and circulates more than 21 million items each year—making it one of the busiest library systems in the U.S., with everything from books and eBooks to museum passes and digital resources.

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Homebot Is Back

Windermere has partnered with Homebot, and if you're in my database you've either already received your first report or will within the next few days.

Many of you used Homebot a couple of years ago — same platform, same monthly cadence, now running through Windermere. If your property was already in my system, your history carried over and the valuation has been adjusted for market movement since then.

A few things worth knowing about how it works:

Valuation — a bank-grade automated estimate, updated monthly. Not a CMA, but a solid benchmark for tracking how your value is trending over time. You can tune the inputs to better reflect your home.
Equity & mortgage tracking — see how your equity position is moving and what your payoff looks like.
Refinance scenarios — the report surfaces whether a refi makes sense given current rates and your loan balance.
Multiple properties — if you own more than one, each gets its own report.

The trend line over time is where the real value is. A single number is a snapshot; watching it move tells you something.

If the estimate looks off to you, you can flag it directly in the report — that'll send me a note and we can go from there. If you're working through something bigger — a sale, an estate, a financial decision that needs a real number — reply and give me some context. That's a proper analysis, not a quick answer.

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