La Center, WA · Updated August 28, 2026
La Center housing market
This week · 98629
Slight Seller's Advantage · Updated August 28, 2026
MAI
34
market action index
−1 wk/wk
Median list
$660K
asking price
−$50 wk/wk
$ / sqft
$306
per square foot
+$4 wk/wk
Inventory
55
homes for sale
−3 wk/wk
Median DOM
63
days on market
+7d 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
Inventory has fallen in each of the last 5 weeks, 69 homes down to 55 — a 20% drawdown, the steadiest in our coverage. That would read as absorption if anything were selling faster. It isn't: the median listing aged 7 days to 63, its slowest reading since July, and the relist rate sits at 11%. Homes are leaving this market by being withdrawn, not bought. The cut rate eased 4 points to 36%, second-lowest of the 20 zips.
Median list price
Detail: past 52 weeks
Down $69,900 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 $1 over 51 weeks.
Inventory
Detail: past 52 weeks
Down 1 home over 51 weeks.
Median days on market
Detail: past 52 weeks
Up 7 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
$846,950
Sqft
2,905
Beds / Bath
4 / 2.5
Age
4 yr
Upper
Median
$694,950
Sqft
2,291
Beds / Bath
4 / 2.5
Age
0 yr
Lower
Median
$619,925
Sqft
2,095
Beds / Bath
4 / 2.5
Age
0 yr
Bottom
Median
$549,950
Sqft
1,713
Beds / Bath
3 / 2.5
Age
3 yr
“Home sales continue to outstrip supply and the Market Action Index has been moving higher for several weeks. This is a Seller’s market so watch for upward pricing pressure in the near future if the trend continues.”
Data sourced weekly from Altos Research. La Center coverage is 98629.
Common questions about the La Center market
Answered from this week’s data — these update every Tuesday.
As of the week of August 28, 2026, La Center (98629) has a Market Action Index of 34, 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 La Center (98629), the median list price is $659,950 ($306 per square foot) as of the week of August 28, 2026.
The median time on market in La Center (98629) is 63 days this week, with 55 active listings.
36% of active listings in La Center (98629) 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 La Center median can’t catch. For a read on a specific neighborhood or property, let’s talk. No obligation, no pitch.