Best month to sell · Kirkland · Centris 2016-2025
The number of houses sold in Kirkland in each month of the year, and the price obtained against the trend, over ten years of Centris sales: the peak, the trough, spring versus winter, the best-paying month, and when to list to sell at the right time. Centris figures, not estimates.
In Kirkland, the month with the most home sales is May: 11.9% of the 2,387 sales from 2016 to 2025, or 28 sales a year on average that month, against 10 in January, the quietest month (4.4%). Between peak and trough, the market turns 2.7 times faster, a more pronounced seasonality than in most of the 50 cities tracked (median 2.1). On the price side, homes sold in August go 4.5% above the year's trend, those sold in December 5.8% below: a gap of 10.3 points between the best and the worst month. The best compromise between the number of buyers and the price obtained is April, which means listing from March. Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 7, 2026.
The short answer
In Kirkland, the month with the most home sales is May: 11.9% of the 2,387 sales from 2016 to 2025, or 28 sales a year on average that month, against 10 in January, the quietest month (4.4%). Between peak and trough, the market turns 2.7 times faster, a more pronounced seasonality than in most of the 50 cities tracked (median 2.1). On the price side, homes sold in August go 4.5% above the year's trend, those sold in December 5.8% below: a gap of 10.3 points between the best and the worst month. The best compromise between the number of buyers and the price obtained is April, which means listing from March.
Sales and prices by month in Kirkland, ten years
| Month | Sales per year (avg. 2016-2025) | Share of sales | Month price vs trend | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January (trough) | 10 | 4.4% | -0.2% | winter |
| February | 19 | 7.8% | +0.5% | winter |
| March | 25 | 10.6% | -1.1% | spring |
| April | 24 | 10.1% | +3.8% | spring |
| May (peak) | 28 | 11.9% | +0.6% | spring |
| June | 24 | 9.8% | +2.2% | summer |
| July | 21 | 8.7% | -0.8% | summer |
| August | 20 | 8.4% | +4.5% | summer |
| September | 19 | 7.9% | +3.9% | fall |
| October | 20 | 8.4% | -0.5% | fall |
| November | 17 | 7.3% | +2.0% | fall |
| December | 11 | 4.6% | -5.8% | winter |
Single-family category, whole municipality of Kirkland, Centris (Matrix), January 2016 to December 2025. Price vs trend: median price of the month compared with the year's trend, average weighted by sales.
What ten years of seasons say in Kirkland
- By season in Kirkland: 33% of sales in spring (March to May), 27% in summer, 24% in fall and 17% in winter (December to February). Spring sells 1.9 times more than winter.
- The strongest quarter is the second (32% of sales); the weakest, the fourth (20%).
- Prices by season (gap to the year's trend, weighted by sales): spring +1.0%, summer +1.9%, fall +1.7%, winter -1.4%. The seasonal price gap is wide, but it rests on few sales per month: one or two big prices are enough to move the median.
- April 2020: only 11 sales in Kirkland, the lockdown month; buyers caught up the following summer. It is the only year of the ten when spring was not the peak.
- 2026 versus 2025, January to September: 183 sales against 189 (-3%). The market is a little less active than last year.
- Across the 50 cities tracked, March is the peak month (11.2% of sales) and January the trough (5.9%); the peak falls in spring in 49 cities and the trough in winter in 45. The median price premium is highest in April (+2.2%) and lowest in December (-1.8%).
What it changes when selling or buying in Kirkland
To sell in Kirkland, aiming for the peak means listing before it: a house put on the market at the end of March or early April gets its showings during the weeks with the most buyers, and the accepted offer lands in May. The best-paying month is not necessarily the busiest: in August, homes go 4.5% above trend, while the sales peak is in May. For a buyer, January and the winter months offer less competition and sellers who have been waiting since the fall, but also less choice: you have to be ready to decide on what is there. And a price gap this wide between months comes mostly from the small number of sales: do not wait for June to sell if the house is ready in January.
How to read these figures
One count per month for all of Kirkland: how many houses sell and at what price compared with the rest of the year. Both come from Centris, brokers' listings only. The seasonality of sales is robust: it repeats every year with a spring peak and a winter trough. The seasonality of prices is finer and noisier, especially in cities where fewer than 20 houses sell a month; we publish it as an indicator, not a promise. The pages homes for sale and inventory in Kirkland and the buyer's or seller's market in Kirkland say, for their part, how many houses are offered to buyers right now.
Frequently asked questions
Which month sells the most homes in Kirkland?
May: 11.9% of the past ten years' sales, 28 a year on average. Spring (March to May) concentrates 33% of sales.
Which month sells for the most in Kirkland?
August, with a median price 4.5% above the year's trend; December is the lowest (-5.8%). The gap is wide but rests on few sales: read it as a tendency.
What is the quietest month in Kirkland?
January: 10 sales a year on average, 4.4% of the total. Fewer buyers, but also fewer homes for sale, so a serious seller in January faces less competition than the same house in May.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, query of October 7, 2026 for the municipality of Kirkland: Single-family category, sales and median sale price by month over ten years; yearly trend from the medians of the September 16, 2026 query; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team, aggregates only. The best month to sell in 50 cities hub compares the 50 cities.
Our other data series in Kirkland, from the same Centris listings:
- How much buyers negotiate in Kirkland
- Houses that do not sell in Kirkland
- Home prices in Kirkland, ten years
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
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Published September 7, 2026 by the Loaa & Manseur team, the number 1 team at RE/MAX Platine in 2024 and 2025, 6th RE/MAX team in Quebec, 15th in Canada and in the global top 50 according to the official RE/MAX ranking. Tell us about your project.