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Seattle-Bellevue Commercial Value Report: Q2 2026

Data through 2026-05-29.

$13.7M$27.4M$41M$54.7M201120142017202020232026$50.7M$32.6M$24.4M$23.3M$23M$19.6M$19M$16.9MCounty appraised valueRecorded sale
Median county appraised value across all tracked metro parcels by roll year; dots are the quarter's largest verified sales. Source: King County tax rolls and recorded sales, through 2026-05-29.

This report covers the 22,686 commercial parcels makeme1031 tracks across the metro's King County submarkets, representing about $206550M in county appraised value. Every figure below is computed from King County tax rolls and recorded sales through 2026-05-29; nothing is estimated by hand and nothing is behind a paywall.

The quarter's verified trades

80 verified arm's-length sales recorded in the trailing quarter, median $2.65M. The largest:

Submarkets

  • Kent: 1,641 parcels, median county appraised value $3.1M, 7 verified sales this quarter. Browse Kent or see recent sales.
  • Renton: 1,228 parcels, median county appraised value $2.06M, 4 verified sales this quarter. Browse Renton or see recent sales.
  • Auburn: 1,209 parcels, median county appraised value $2.3M, 3 verified sales this quarter. Browse Auburn or see recent sales.
  • Tukwila: 657 parcels, median county appraised value $4.63M, 0 verified sales this quarter. Browse Tukwila or see recent sales.

Where prices sit against the county roll

  • multifamily: recent verified sales ran about 1.04x the county appraised value (765 sales), around $173 per building square foot.
  • industrial: recent verified sales ran about 1.36x the county appraised value (285 sales), around $177 per building square foot.
  • retail: recent verified sales ran about 1.28x the county appraised value (310 sales), around $228 per building square foot.
  • office: recent verified sales ran about 1.22x the county appraised value (252 sales), around $169 per building square foot.
  • other cre: recent verified sales ran about 1.16x the county appraised value (206 sales), around $251 per building square foot.

How accurate our estimates measured

We publish our own error numbers because that is the deal: tested on the most recent 12 months of verified sales the model had never seen (456 sales), the median error was 16.1% and about half of sales landed inside the shown range.

  • multifamily: median error 11.6% over 201 sales; 75% within 20%.
  • retail: median error 22.6% over 76 sales; 46% within 20%.
  • industrial: median error 23.2% over 70 sales; 46% within 20%.
  • office: median error 20.1% over 56 sales; 50% within 20%.
  • other commercial: median error 22.3% over 53 sales; 45% within 20%.

Full method and the live accuracy table: how our estimates work. Our estimates are not an appraisal.

Every building in this report is reachable owner-direct, privately, with no broker in the middle: browse the metro.

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