Ridgefield, WA · Updated September 18, 2026
Ridgefield housing market
This week · 98642
Slight Buyer's Advantage · Updated September 18, 2026
MAI
29
market action index
flat wk/wk
Median list
$775K
asking price
+$15,000 wk/wk
$ / sqft
$321
per square foot
−$1 wk/wk
Inventory
214
homes for sale
+5 wk/wk
Median DOM
56
days on market
flat 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
A second week below the line at index 29, and the queue kept growing: inventory rose 5 to 214, a fifth straight weekly increase and again the most we have counted here — 17 new listings against 14 absorbed. Sellers still have not blinked: 8% raised their asking price, a sixth straight week at 8% or higher, where 16 of the 20 zips we cover read 0 to 2. The cut rate came back up 3 points to 42%, and the median ask rose $15,000 to $774,900. The median listing has read 56 days for 5 weeks.
Median list price
Detail: past 52 weeks
Down $92,800 over 51 weeks.
Market Action Index
Detail: past 52 weeks
Up 2 points over 51 weeks.
Price per square foot
Detail: past 52 weeks
Up $5 over 51 weeks.
Inventory
Detail: past 52 weeks
Down 11 homes over 51 weeks.
Median days on market
Detail: past 52 weeks
Down 39 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 20-week trajectory of days on market for each quartile.
Quartile
Median
Sqft
Beds / Bath
Age
DOM
Top
Median
$1,299,950
Sqft
3,473
Beds / Bath
4 / 3.5
Age
15 yr
Upper
Median
$854,000
Sqft
2,618
Beds / Bath
4 / 2.5
Age
1 yr
Lower
Median
$698,444
Sqft
2,375
Beds / Bath
4 / 2.5
Age
1 yr
Bottom
Median
$549,900
Sqft
1,782
Beds / Bath
3 / 2.5
Age
5 yr
“The market has shown some evidence of slowing recently. Both prices and inventory levels are relatively unchanged in recent weeks. Watch the Market Action Index for changes as it can be a leading indicator for price changes.”
Data sourced weekly from Altos Research. Ridgefield coverage is 98642.
Common questions about the Ridgefield market
Answered from this week’s data — these update every Tuesday.
As of the week of September 18, 2026, Ridgefield (98642) has a Market Action Index of 29, which Altos Research classifies as a slight buyer's advantage — a reading that favors buyers. 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 Ridgefield (98642), the median list price is $774,900 ($321 per square foot) as of the week of September 18, 2026.
The median time on market in Ridgefield (98642) is 56 days this week, with 214 active listings.
42% of active listings in Ridgefield (98642) 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 Ridgefield median can’t catch. For a read on a specific neighborhood or property, let’s talk. No obligation, no pitch.
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