Sammamish appreciation rates and housing market information

Sammamish housing market information

With 34,119 people, 11,596 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $674,324, Sammamish house prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, Sammamish real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Sammamish, accounting for 83.06% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Sammamish include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (10.74%), row houses and other attached homes (4.19%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (1.56%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Sammamish. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 82.09% of Sammamish's homes, and 79.72% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Sammamish built from 1970-1994, so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Sammamish built from 1995 and later (18.81%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1940-1969 (3.92%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (3.92%).

Sammamish home appreciation rates

Real estate appreciation rates in Sammamish have tracked to near the national average over the last ten years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 7.34% during the period.

Over the last year, Sammamish appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Sammamish's appreciation rate has been -8.76%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Sammamish were at -2.30%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -9.20%.

Notably, Sammamish's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.

Relative to Washington, our data show that Sammamish's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 3% of the other cities and towns in Washington.