THE TARTAN TEAM

Vancouver, WA · Updated May 12, 2026

Vancouver housing market

Zip

This week · 98682

Strong Seller's Market · Updated May 12, 2026

MAI

46

Median list

$572K

$ / sqft

$296

Inventory

130

Median DOM

35

This week’s read

98682 reads strong seller's market at MAI 46, and the underlying numbers back the headline. Every quartile absorbed at least 4 homes this period. Median DOM is 35 days zip-wide. The bottom quartile is where demand actually concentrates: $450K homes pulled in 5 new listings and 5 sales in the same period — a 1:1 absorption rate. That ratio is the cleanest signal of buyer competition in the zip this week, and it's happening at the entry-level price band.

Trend charts return once this zip has more than one weekly reading on file.

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.

Top

Median

$890,000

Sqft

3,056

Beds / Bath

4 / 3

Age

11 yr

DOM

77

Upper

Median

$617,400

Sqft

2,197

Beds / Bath

4 / 2.5

Age

8 yr

DOM

38

Lower

Median

$535,000

Sqft

1,845

Beds / Bath

3 / 2.5

Age

29 yr

DOM

35

Bottom

Median

$449,950

Sqft

1,363

Beds / Bath

3 / 2

Age

30 yr

DOM

21

The market has been cooling over time and prices plateaued for a while. Despite the consistent decrease in MAI, we’re in the Seller’s zone. Watch for changes in MAI. If the MAI resumes its climb, prices will likely follow suit. If the MAI drops consistently or falls into the Buyer’s zone, watch for downward pressure on prices.

Altos Research · Week of May 12, 2026

Data sourced weekly from Altos Research. Vancouver coverage is 98682, 98685.

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