Expired listings · Kirkland · Centris 2016-2026
How many homes listed in Kirkland go back without a buyer, year by year since 2016: expired listings, the failure rate against sales, average days next to median days, and what today's rate tells a seller about the starting price. Centris figures, not estimates.
In Kirkland, 86 house listings expired without a sale in 2025, against 106 in 2016 (-19%). Relative to sales, 26% of the listings that ended in 2025 ended without a sale, against 29% in 2016 and 16% at the 2021 trough. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.), the rate is 25%, in line with the 50 cities tracked (median 21%). Average days on market went from 73 days in 2016 to 33 days in 2021 and 46 days in 2026, against 22 days at the median: the gap between the two is the weight of the houses that linger. Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 1, 2026.
The short answer
In Kirkland, 86 house listings expired without a sale in 2025, against 106 in 2016 (-19%). Relative to sales, 26% of the listings that ended in 2025 ended without a sale, against 29% in 2016 and 16% at the 2021 trough. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.), the rate is 25%, in line with the 50 cities tracked (median 21%). Average days on market went from 73 days in 2016 to 33 days in 2021 and 46 days in 2026, against 22 days at the median: the gap between the two is the weight of the houses that linger.
Expired listings, sales and failure rate per year
| Year | Expired listings | Sales | Failure rate | New listings | Average days | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 106 | 263 | 29% | 370 | 73 | 50 |
| 2017 | 59 | 260 | 18% | 317 | 51 | 25 |
| 2018 | 56 | 233 | 19% | 339 | 33 | 18 |
| 2019 | 86 | 220 | 28% | 370 | 49 | 32 |
| 2020 | 75 | 248 | 23% | 330 | 60 | 30 |
| 2021 | 50 | 267 | 16% | 341 | 33 | 18 |
| 2022 | 62 | 217 | 22% | 382 | 40 | 23 |
| 2023 | 73 | 215 | 25% | 371 | 55 | 36 |
| 2024 | 83 | 222 | 27% | 414 | 50 | 28 |
| 2025 | 86 | 242 | 26% | 422 | 50 | 30 |
| 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) | 57 | 167 | 25% | 290 | 46 | 22 |
Single-family category, whole municipality of Kirkland, Centris (Matrix). Failure rate: expired ÷ (expired + sales) of the same year. New listings: January to August for 2026. 2026: nine months for expired listings.
What ten years of expired listings say in Kirkland
- Four markets in ten years in Kirkland: 24% failure on average in 2016-2019, 20% during the 2020-2022 frenzy, 26% when high rates returned, 26% today. Average days: 52, 44, 52 and 48.
- Peak of expired listings: 2016 (106); trough: 2021 (50), -53% between the two. Highest failure rate: 2016 (29%); lowest: 2021 (16%).
- The return of high rates: 16% failure in 2021, 25% in 2023, 26% in 2025. We are back near the 2016 failure level.
- On the year's new listings: 29% of homes listed in 2016 saw their listing expire the same year, 20% in 2025. One home in five or more did not find a buyer within the year: the asking price does the sorting.
- Average versus median: 73 days against 50 days in 2016, 46 days against 22 days in 2026. The gap (23 then 24 days) measures the weight of houses lingering for months: it has barely moved.
- 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) versus 2025: 26% then 25% failure (the rate is falling); 57 expired in nine months, or 76 at an annual pace (-12%, a simple projection). Across the 50 cities, the rate is climbing in 2026 in 36.
- Ten years: 793 expired listings against 2,554 sales in Kirkland.
What it changes when selling or buying in Kirkland
At 25% failure, Kirkland is in line with the cities tracked: most homes sell, but about one in five goes back without a buyer, almost always over price. The average of 46 days against 22 days says the same thing: the typical home goes fast, the ones that linger pull the average up. For a seller, the right price on day one keeps you out of the expired column. The past twelve months' withdrawn listings, one by one, and the asking price they showed are in houses that do not sell in Kirkland.
How to read these figures
One count per year for all of Kirkland: what expires, what sells, and how long sales take, on average and at the median. Expired listings are the visible part of homes that do not sell; withdrawals and cancellations add to them, and our page houses that do not sell in Kirkland counts them over twelve months. The mean days on market is pulled up by homes that linger; the median tells the story of the typical home. Small cities move by a few expired listings from one year to the next: read the plateaus.
Frequently asked questions
How many houses do not sell in Kirkland?
86 single-family house listings expired without a sale in Kirkland in 2025, for 242 sales: a failure rate of 26%. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.): 57 expired, 25%.
Is the number of unsold homes climbing in Kirkland?
No: 25% in 2026 against 26% in 2025. The trough was 2021 (16%), the peak 2016 (29%).
Why is the average longer than the median in Kirkland?
Because the average (46 days in 2026) counts homes that linger for months, and the median (22 days) tells the story of the middle home. The 24-day gap is the weight of overpriced homes.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, queries of October 1, 2026 for the municipality of Kirkland: Single-family category, expired listings and average days on market by year over ten years; sales from the September 16, 2026 query, new listings from September 30, median days from September 29; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team, aggregates only, current year partial. The expired listings in 50 cities hub compares the 50 cities.
Our other data series in Kirkland, from the same Centris listings:
- Buyer's or seller's market in Kirkland
- How much buyers negotiate in Kirkland
- Home prices in Kirkland, ten years
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
And the average house price in Kirkland:
Mean, median and asking price, year by year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the sales volume in Kirkland:
How many dollars change hands each year, and whether price or the number of sales rose, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And house appreciation in Kirkland:
What a house bought in each year since 2016 is worth today, ten years from the same Centris listings.
All the statistics in Kirkland at a glance:
Twelve 2026 Centris indicators, the city's rank on each, and a link to ten years of detail.
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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.