Video Transcript – September 2026 Seattle Rental Market Update:
[Aaron]: And now for your Property management update for September! Here’s the headline: the overall city wide median rent in Seattle is just over $2,000 right now – and it’s actually down about 2.8% year over year – which is also a function of the time of year that it is. But before any single-family rental owners tune out, that number is the apartment market talking. If you own a house, you’re in a completely different conversation. The average asking rent for a three-bedroom single-family home in Seattle as of this week is $3,929 per month. That’s per Apartments.com’s current data. Single-family rentals make up only 16% of King County’s rental housing stock– limited supply, strong demand from high-income tenants, typically, who want a house, not an apartment. That’s a fundamentally different market than the multi-family market. Fall is actually a solid leasing season for single-family homes. Families relocating for work, tech employees starting new roles, people who want to be settled before the holidays – that’s your tenant pool right now. Price it right, present it well, and it moves fast. Underprice and you’re locked in. Overprice and you sit vacant. That precision is exactly what we bring to every property that we manage.
[Diane]: And if self-managing is starting to feel like a second job – well, that’s what RE/MAX Integrity Property Management is here for. Reach out anytime and we’ll show you what professional management actually looks like.
[Aaron]: Agents – if you’ve got clients who own rentals and need a management partner that they can trust, we would love to be that partner. Your clients stay yours, always. When they’re ready to sell, they come right back to you. And of course you get $500 the moment they sign a management agreement. Simple, and we take it very seriously. We appreciate the relationships that we’ve made with our parter agents.
