Seattle Houseboats: Looking for a 2009 Seattle floating home update? Houseboats in Seattle have actually sold pretty well this year. Seattle's floating homes have weathered much of the lending issues associated with other homes because they have always been tricky for financing - requiring more money down, etc. Despite this fact, there have been some very affordable floating homes in the Seattle real estate market this year.
Seattle Houseboats: Current Numbers: According to the numbers I just pulled out of the MLS, there are 18 Active Listings for Seattle houseboats. Not all of these are floating homes, though. Seattle houseboats is a broad term used to generally describe vessels, barges, and floating homes. Seattle floating homes are the only true residential category here. The active houseboat listings range in price from $60,000 for a vessel to $2,490,000 for an elaborate floating home. The average price is $515,211 and the median is $349,450. The average days on market for these is 157 days. There are some nice choices in both Lake Union floating homes and Portage Bay.
You can find active Seattle houseboat listings here: 
There are 5 Pending houseboats for sale right now in Seattle. These range in list price from $149,000 to $2,200,000 with a median of $795,000 and average days on market of 116 days.
Seattle houseboats sold in the last six months: 14 of them! They range from $48,000 - again for a vessel to $1,350,000 for a floating home (these are the final sales prices). The average sales price was $550,175 and the median was $491,750. The average days on market for these houseboats that sold was 87 days!
Are you interested in buying a Seattle houseboat? We are happy to show you around some of our favorite neighborhoods in Seattle!
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Courtney ~ cute post on Seattle Houseboats, didn't know there was such a thing! I like it!
Hey Monique - thanks for the kind words:) I love them! You can see more posts here: http://www.SeattleAfloat.com - appreciate you stopping in to say hi!
Love the concept. Surprised that Seattle has dominated this market over other areas of the country.
Love the houseboats in Seattle -- miss the Seattle water - but not the rain.
Tim, I thin kthat is because of a silly little movie in the early 1990s:)
Hi Bob & Carolin :) I have lots of family in Phoenix and always enjoy coming home to the rain after my skin cracks form visiting the gorgeous desert.
These are the only true houseboats out there Courtney! I have seen the listings of houseboats for sale that look like a glorified barge and wonder why someone wouldn't just buy a $200,000 yacht instead?