Some Basin markets up, some down since 2024

MOSES LAKE — Median home sale prices changed from community to community around the Columbia Basin over the last year, according to the real estate website Redfin. In the Basin’s biggest community, Moses Lake, the median price of a home was $329,990 in July, according to Redfin’s data. That represents a drop of 7.4% from last July. Othello saw an increase of 7.6% to $360,000, and Warden’s median price was $371,000, a year-over-year increase of 12.3%. Ephrata’s median sale price was up 27.2% to $355,000, and Quincy’s was down 24.4% to $356,376. The median home price in Soap Lake was $261,000, a decrease of 19.2%. The median home sale price statewide was $648,300, less than half a percentage point lower than a year ago.