Amboy, WA · Updated August 28, 2026
Amboy housing market
This week · 98601
Slight Seller's Advantage · Updated August 28, 2026
MAI
30
market action index
−1 wk/wk
Median list
$945K
asking price
+$55,000 wk/wk
$ / sqft
$385
per square foot
+$23 wk/wk
Inventory
12
homes for sale
flat wk/wk
Median DOM
98
days on market
−4d wk/wk
The Market Action Index compares sales rate to active inventory. Below 30 favors buyers; 30–44 is slight seller’s advantage; 45+ is strong seller’s territory.
This week’s read
The Market Action Index has fallen 6 weeks running, 37 down to 30, which leaves Amboy 2 points off the bottom of our coverage. Inventory hasn't moved from 12 homes in 5 weeks. What did move: the first new listing in 3 weeks arrived at $1,895,000, roughly twice the standing median, and the share of listings that have cut went from 50% to 67%. On a market this size, that is 2 sellers changing their minds.
Median list price
Detail: past 52 weeks
Up $91,000 over 51 weeks.
Market Action Index
Detail: past 52 weeks
Up 3 points over 51 weeks.
Price per square foot
Detail: past 52 weeks
Up $68 over 51 weeks.
Inventory
Detail: past 52 weeks
Down 5 homes over 51 weeks.
Median days on market
Detail: past 52 weeks
Down 10 days over 51 weeks.
The four markets
Altos splits each zip into four price-band segments. The bottom and top quartiles behave like different markets entirely — different buyers, different time-on-market, different absorption. Sparklines in the DOM column show the 7-week trajectory of days on market for each quartile.
Quartile
Median
Sqft
Beds / Bath
Age
DOM
Top
Median
$1,595,000
Sqft
2,592
Beds / Bath
4 / 2
Age
12 yr
Upper
Median
$1,097,000
Sqft
2,935
Beds / Bath
4 / 2
Age
51 yr
Lower
Median
$830,000
Sqft
3,264
Beds / Bath
4 / 2.5
Age
20 yr
Bottom
Median
$375,000
Sqft
1,439
Beds / Bath
3 / 2
Age
22 yr
“The market continues to get hotter. More sales demand and fewer homes listed have contributed to a relatively long run of increasing prices. Current supply and demand levels show no sign of prices changing from their current trend.”
Data sourced weekly from Altos Research. Amboy coverage is 98601.
Common questions about the Amboy market
Answered from this week’s data — these update every Tuesday.
As of the week of August 28, 2026, Amboy (98601) has a Market Action Index of 30, which Altos Research classifies as a slight seller's advantage — a reading that is a slight seller's advantage. On the index, below 30 favors buyers, 30–40 is a slight seller's advantage, and above 40 is a strong seller's market.
In Amboy (98601), the median list price is $945,000 ($385 per square foot) as of the week of August 28, 2026.
The median time on market in Amboy (98601) is 98 days this week, with 12 active listings.
67% of active listings in Amboy (98601) have taken a price cut. Price cuts above roughly a third of inventory usually signal sellers ahead of the market; the trend charts above show how this week fits the recent pattern.
Zip codes are averages. Your street isn’t.
This data is a real signal — it’s why we publish it. But real estate stays stubbornly hyper-local: a school boundary, one busy road, a single new listing can move a block in ways the Amboy median can’t catch. For a read on a specific neighborhood or property, let’s talk. No obligation, no pitch.