September 2026

Rates Hit a Fifteen-Month High and the Market Tightens Anyway | Seattle’s Eastside Real Estate Update 09-02-26

5 Min. Read Audio Version Tony Meier | Windermere Real Estate | 37 Years Experience | 800 Closed Eastside Sales This week hands us the sharpest contrast of the year: the highest mortgage rates in fifteen months arriving in the same breath as the firmest demand streak of the summer. Rates surged 16 basis points to 6.91%, clearing the July 2025 mark we have been citing all summer and reaching territory...