Washington Center for Real Estate Research
The Washington Center for Real Estate Research provides a range of market data and research reports focusing on housing in Washington State. Housing market data is provided for cities and counties and includes: quarterly Housing Market Reports focusing on single-family housing at the county level; quarterly Apartment Market Reports providing rents and vacancy rates by county; median house prices for cities; affordability indexes for renters and buyers by city and county; single-family and multifamily building permit and completions statistics for cities and counties; an inventory of the stock of subsidized rental housing for cities and counties; housing and other data profiles from the American Community Survey; and optional income limits for jurisdictions participating the Multifamily Property Tax Exemption Program. Some of these data are available on our city and county dashboards, which provide easy access to key statistics as well as the ability to compare different jurisdictions graphically over time. Finally, research reports and WCRER’s annual report, The State of the State’s Housing, are also available.
Users needing assistance with the data or looking for information not available on this website are encouraged to contact WCRER at wcrer@uw.edu.
Latest Publications
The State of the State’s Housing Report 2024
The State of the State’s Housing 2024 gives an overview of housing in Washington State, focusing on recent legislation, demographic and economic conditions, homeownership, house prices, apartment rents, housing affordability, and homelessness. The 2024 report also provides a review of the Buildable Lands Reports prepared by seven counties in preparation for the current round of comprehensive plan updates. This document satisfies the requirement for the Washington Center for Real Estate Research to report to the Washington State legislature pursuant to RCW 36.70A.610. The aim is to publish an updated report on an annual basis each October.
