Team NSRG | October 26, 2026 | By Jeremy Minor
Mukilteo's latest numbers tell a mixed story worth looking at home by home. September's broader Residential market had more homes for sale and more completed sales than a year earlier. Buyers have choices, and sellers still have an opportunity to attract attention with the right home at a defensible price.
What Buyers And Sellers Can Take From This
For buyers: Compare location, condition and asking price rather than assuming a citywide average describes every home. Consider your monthly payment alongside the purchase price.
For sellers: Show buyers why your home is the right choice among the alternatives. Preparation and realistic pricing matter even when the monthly sales count improves.
The Latest Seven-Day View
The latest seven-day view recorded 4 pending events, 3 sold events and 2 price reductions. Our October 19 report had 5 pending events, 2 sold events and 7 reductions. These are small snapshots, so I would avoid reading a lasting shift into a change of just a few events.
October 19 and October 26 are saved report snapshots collected at different times. This is a previous-report comparison, not a verified comparison of adjacent seven-day periods. Listing-status events overlap and are not unique inventory counts.
September Context For Your Decision
September's broader Residential closed sales rose from 13 to 27 year over year, while homes for sale rose from 33 to 56. Average sold-home price was 2.9% lower than a year earlier but 9.7% above August. More selection and more closings can coexist; the mixed price comparisons make the actual comparable homes especially useful.
Monthly figures cover broader Residential homes, not detached-only. Average prices reflect the mix of homes sold and do not measure individual-home appreciation.
Rates And Your Monthly Payment
The national 30-year fixed weekly survey averaged 6.67% in August and 6.86% in September. Price is only one part of affordability: compare the payment for the home and financing available to you. These national series do not establish why local prices changed.
Two complete months, not a sustained trend. Rates are arithmetic means of Freddie Mac weekly observations, not a downloaded monthly FRED export. The price series covers broader Residential homes.
Mortgage-Rate Snapshot: October 23, 2026
The latest dated Mortgage News Daily observation checked for this report was October 23. These national index readings are context, not a lender quote or live widget. MND's daily index differs from Freddie Mac's weekly survey; the two methods and their rates are not interchangeable.
Loan type | Rate | Daily change (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|
30-year fixed | 7.33% | +0.03 |
15-year fixed | 6.98% | +0.02 |
30-year jumbo | 7.60% | 0.00 |
7/6 SOFR ARM | 6.75% | -0.03 |
30-year FHA | 6.98% | +0.06 |
30-year VA | 6.99% | +0.05 |
Current MND rate page | Daily rate movement and methodology
The Numbers Behind The Update
Listing event | October 19 report | October 26 report | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
First Look | 4 | 2 | -2 | -50.0% |
Active events | 0 | 2 | +2 | Not defined (prior 0) |
Back on market | 0 | 1 | +1 | Not defined (prior 0) |
Price reduced | 7 | 2 | -5 | -71.4% |
Price increased | 0 | 0 | +0 | No change |
Contingent | 0 | 0 | +0 | No change |
Expired | 3 | 0 | -3 | -100.0% |
Pending | 5 | 4 | -1 | -20.0% |
Sold | 2 | 3 | +1 | +50.0% |
Canceled | 0 | 0 | +0 | No change |
Period | Average sold-home price |
|---|---|
September 2024 | $1,069,592 |
September 2025 | $1,220,769 |
August 2026 | $1,081,325 |
September 2026 | $1,185,753 |
Year over year | -2.9% |
Month over month | +9.7% |
Period | Closed sales |
|---|---|
September 2024 | 15 |
September 2025 | 13 |
August 2026 | 12 |
September 2026 | 27 |
Year over year | +107.7% |
Month over month | +125.0% |
Period | Homes for sale |
|---|---|
September 2024 | 18 |
September 2025 | 33 |
August 2026 | 60 |
September 2026 | 56 |
Year over year | +69.7% |
Month over month | -6.7% |
Month | National 30-year fixed mean |
|---|---|
August 2026 | 6.6675% |
September 2026 | 6.8625% |
Month | Average sold-home price |
|---|---|
August 2026 | $1,081,325 |
September 2026 | $1,185,753 |
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Active-Event Listings
These properties matched the dated Active-event source snapshot. Events can include status transitions; they are not necessarily first-ever listings or a guarantee of current Active status.
4566 Finch Street | MLS 2597332
4824 Bridgeport Place | MLS 2591478
First Look Listings
Selected matching records from the dated NWMLS First Look snapshot. Public status can change.
8702 54th Place W | MLS 2597586
1014 Hill Street | MLS 2596236
Questions Buyers And Sellers Ask
Does the average price tell me what my home is worth?
No. It describes the mix of homes that sold. Recent comparable sales, current competition, condition and location provide a more useful starting point for an individual home.
Do these weekly counts equal the number of homes available?
No. They count listing-status events in the source view, and a listing can appear in more than one category. Monthly homes-for-sale figures are a separate, broader Residential measure.
Making Your Next Move
Mukilteo rewards a home-by-home approach. Buyers can weigh their choices carefully, and sellers can make a strong case with preparation and a realistic price. I am happy to help you sort through the relevant homes and decide what these numbers mean for your plans. - Jeremy
Sources And Scope
NWMLS Matrix Market Watch, 7 Day Single Family view, collected 2026-10-26T15:22:37.416Z (Pacific local time 8:22:37 a.m. on October 26). Washington; Snohomish County; MLS City Mukilteo; Residential styles 10–18, 25 and 26; excludes Attached/Zero Lot Line and Incomplete; all prices; no map. This is the established detached-home proxy, not an independent structural or municipal-boundary audit. Active and First Look queries displayed modification timestamps October 19, 2026 onward. Exact upper cutoff and source timezone were not displayed; the other event categories were not individually boundary-verified. Prior October 19 report displayed October 12 onward in inspected queries, with exact cutoff/timezone unrecorded. Counts therefore compare reports, not verified adjacent 168-hour windows.
Monthly: authenticated NWMLS InfoSparks, Mukilteo, Residential, other filters unrestricted, Monthly, retrieved October 26, 2026. Monthly statistics reflect the October 26, 2026 retrieval and may be revised. September is the latest complete month; August supplies the month-over-month comparison. Freddie Mac weekly archive and FRED MORTGAGE30US definition: August weekly rates 6.69, 6.67, 6.65, 6.66%; September 6.71, 6.76, 6.95, 7.03%. National rates are not city-specific. MND October 23 dated observation was checked October 26.
