Whatcom County’s home prices decreased in 2025, setting high hopes for 2026
Whatcom County’s real estate market prices had a slight decrease over the course of 2025, sparking hope for a 2026 of lower prices and more affordable houses on the market.
A recent report by Adrik Brashear, a broker with Bellingham-based real estate company The Muljat Group, found median home prices dropped 1.6% from 2024 to 2025 in Whatcom County, with an average price of $625,000.
Throughout 2025, 2,302 homes were sold, a decrease of 5% compared to 2024, according to Brashear. In 2021 Whatcom County had a peak in sales of 3,268 homes sold, 29.5% higher compared to 2025. In 2021, the median price of homes sold in Whatcom County was only $547,400, according to data from The University of Washington.
Although sale prices decreased from 2024 to 2025, the amount of days homes were listed increased in 2025. In 2025’s third quarter, homes were on the market for an average of 44 days, but in the fourth quarter, homes were listed for an average of 62 days, according to Brashear.
“The longer a listing sits, the more likely a seller may be inclined to adjust the price to attract a potential buyer,” Brashear said in the report.
“If rates continue to trend downward, I do anticipate more motivated buyers entering the market, but not right away” Brashear said.
Brashear also compared median home prices from 2024 to 2025 in each Whatcom County city:
- Bellingham: median price in 2025 was $755,000, down 1.3% from 2024.
- Birch Bay/Blaine: median price in 2025 was $579,000, down 6.4% from 2024.
- Ferndale: median price in 2025 was $647,950, up 2.0% from 2024.
- Lynden: median price in 2025 was $638,500, down 5.4% from 2024.
- Mount Baker: median price in 2025 was $398,000, up 4.1% from 2024.
- Nooksack Valley: median price in 2025 was $530,000, up 1.9% from 2024.
- Sudden Valley: median price in 2025 was $615,000, up 7.0% from 2024.
