24-05-2025
Survey shows Bellingham's median home sale surging in April; WA fifth in U.S.
Median home sale prices in Whatcom County and Bellingham increased in April, as Washington came in with the fifth-highest prices in the country.
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. Redfin is a residential real estate brokerage that uses home listings to generate metro area data.
Whatcom County's median sale price across all of April was $605,000, a 1.7% increase compared with March and a 0.7% increase compared with the same month last year, according to Jason Lee, a local broker with Windermere Real Estate in Bellingham.
The county's median home sale price in March was $595,000.
'There are not enough quality homes in Whatcom County to satiate the number of people that want to purchase and live here,' Lee told The Herald.
The median price of homes sold in April in Bellingham was $649,224, a 3.1% increase compared to April 2024, according to data from Rocket Homes.
In April, Bellingham's median asking price was $685,000, according to Lee. That's a 7% increase compared with March, and a 1.9% increase compared with April of last year, Lee said.
In March, Bellingham's median home sale price was $640,000.
Washington's median home sale price in April was $662,900, an increase of 1.3% compared to the same month last year, according to Redfin data.
Washington was the fifth-most expensive state to purchase a home, according to Redfin data. The state followed California with a median sale price of $785,000, Hawaii at $779,000, Massachusetts at $622,000 and Colorado at $607,000.
