98597 Home Values & Market Trends

There are 1,142 homes currently listed for 98597. 98597 real estate market trends show that home prices range from $20,000 to $2,200,000, and the median sales price in the 98597 zip code is $479,829. The total number of properties sold within the past twelve months is 534. In 98597, 18 properties are in foreclosure, 6 are bank owned properties,and 10 are headed for auction.

98597 Real Estate Market Overview

CityMedian Est. Value
Yelm

$ 479,829

$ 279/sqft

Housing Market Summary for 98597

Sep 2025September 2026Change
Median Listing Price$479.9K$485K1.06%
Median Sold Price$494K$445.4K-9.85%
Homes For Sale8751,14030.29%
Homes Sold154120-22.08%
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On an average, Single Family homes cost $33 more per sqft than Condos. In comparison with sales price/sqft last week, list price/sqft of Single Family homes increased by 1.93% whereas, list price/sqft of Condos increased by 9.38%.

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Browse Homes in 98597

The median list price of a home in Yelm, is $479,829. A total of 1,142 properties are for sale, and the percentage of properties for sale in the zip code is 1142.00%. The total count of 98597 properties is 1,298.

Foreclosure
There is 1 cities within 98597; within this cities, the median estimated home value for homes in foreclosure ranges from $872,936 in yelm to the lowest value of $316,596 in yelm. Foreclosure homes account for 1.00% of properties in 98597 with yelm containing 18 foreclosures, the highest number of foreclosure properties in a single city.
  • Pre-Foreclosure
    Pre-foreclosure homes account for 0.15% of all residential properties in 98597 with yelm containing 2 pre-foreclosures, the highest number of pre-foreclosure properties in a single city. There is 1 cities within 98597; of that cities, the estimated home value for pre-foreclosure homes ranges from $501,497 in yelm to the lowest home value of $501,497 in yelm.
  • Bank Owned
    The median estimated home value of bank owned homes (REO properties) in 98597 ranges from the highest value of $490,996 in yelm to the lowest value of $316,596 in yelm. Bank owned homes and properties account for 0.46% of properties in 98597. There is 1 cities within 98597; yelm containing 6 REO properties, has the highest number of bank owned properties in a single city.
  • Auctions
    yelm has 10 auction properties, the highest number of properties going to auction in a single city in the state of 98597. Auction homes and other auction properties account for 0.77% of all properties in 98597. There is 1 cities within 98597; of that cities, the median estimated home value for homes going to auction ranges from $872,936 in yelm to the lowest value of $385,696 in yelm.
Homes for Sale
Homes and properties that are actively listed for sale account for 87.98% of residential properties in 98597 with yelm containing 1142 homes for sale, the highest number of listed properties in a single city. There is 1 cities within 98597; homes for sale in that cities, have a range of median values from $1,322,397 in yelm to the lowest value of $200,728 in yelm.
    Sold Homes
    The median value for recently sold homes ranges from $1,303,517 in yelm to the lowest price of $140,000 in yelm. There is 1 cities within 98597. yelm has 120 recently sold homes, the highest number of recently sold properties in a single city. Recently sold homes and properties account for 9.24% of properties in 98597.

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