The number every neighbor should know
1 in 3 didn't sell.
Five years ago, roughly 1 in 7 Clyde Hill listings came off market without a buyer. Today it's closer to 1 in 3 โ and the difference has nothing to do with the season.
Listings that didn't sell
35%2022โ2025 avg
14%2020โ2022 avg
Median days on market
432022โ2025 avg
322020โ2022 avg
Sale price to list price
98%2022โ2025 avg
103%2020โ2022 avg
Clyde Hill single-family, NWMLS-reported. Trend holds after excluding all listings over $10M โ this is the broad market, not a handful of extremes.
The market stopped forgiving mistakes.
From 2020 to 2022, almost any Clyde Hill listing sold โ the market covered for pricing missteps and rushed prep. That grace period is over. What separates today's sold listings from the ones that quietly expired isn't luck or timing. It's five things, done in order, before a sign ever goes in the yard. And it argues for who's handling those five things โ a specialist who works this square mile, not a generalist splitting attention across a dozen ZIP codes.
01
Preparation
Inspection, repairs, and staging resolved before a buyer ever walks through.
02
Presentation
Photography, print, and digital that match what a $4M+ buyer expects to see.
03
Promotion
Reaching the specific pool of buyers who actually purchase in Clyde Hill.
04
Pricing
Set from real Clyde Hill data โ not hope, and not a round number.
05
Partnership
A specialist in this square mile โ not a generalist covering the whole Eastside.
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Sold vs. didn't sell โ every Clyde Hill listing, five years
See the full breakdown by price tier, with what separated the homes that sold from the ones that expired or were pulled. No form to fill out.
nateshort.com/sold
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Nate Short
Clyde Hill resident & neighbor
Coldwell Banker Bain Global Luxury ยท CLHMS
23 years on the Points ยท $500M+ in career sales
Figures compiled from NWMLS-reported Clyde Hill (98004) single-family activity, twelve-month windows ending August of each year; 2025โ26 reflects a partial year through August 6, 2026, with additional listings still active or pending. Failure rate = cancelled and expired listings as a share of cancelled, expired, and sold. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Not intended as a solicitation of property already listed with another broker. Each office independently owned and operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.
