Home prices jump in Whatcom County and Bellingham, as active listings dwindle
Median home sale prices in Bellingham and Whatcom County increased in October, as Washington remains one of the most expensive states in which to purchase a home.
Whatcom County real estate prices
Whatcom County’s median home sale price reached an extreme high of $682,000 in July 2024, the highest price from 2012-2025, according to Redfin Metro Area Data, a residential real estate brokerage that uses home listings to generate metro area data.
Whatcom County’s median sale price across all of October was $599,000, a 1.2% increase compared with September and a 4.7% increase compared with the same month last year, according to Jason Lee, a local broker with Windermere Real Estate in Bellingham.
“Whatcom County’s real estate market is entering a slower seasonal period as fewer new listings come on during the holiday months,” Lee told The Herald.
“On Oct. 1, Whatcom County had 1,023 homes and condos for sale. On the last business day of November, active inventory was down about 18% to 834.”
Bellingham
Bellingham’s median sale price was $739,000 in October, according to Lee. That’s a 10.3% increase compared with September, and a 6.3% increase compared with October of last year, Lee said.
In September, Bellingham’s median sale price decreased to $668,000.
Statewide
Washington’s median home sale price in October was $644,200, a decrease of 0.8% compared to the same month last year, according to Redfin data.
Redfin lists Washington as the fifth most expensive state in which to purchase a home in 2025, following California, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Colorado.
“Nationwide, 29% of homebuyers searched to move to a different metro area between August and October 2025. The top five states homebuyers searched to move to were: Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, Tennessee and Maine, while California, New York, Illinois, Maryland, and Washington were the top 5 states homebuyers searched to move from,” according to Redfin’s U.S. Migration Trends data.
