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Windermere Real Estate

Where did they go?

Click any area and see where its sellers actually bought next — who stayed, where they went, and how many King County households are moving south. Real answers for the "but where would we go?" conversation.
Sellers since Jan 2025 Updated — Same areas as Market Insights
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Key terms Matched move the seller of a home shows up buying another one within −6 to +18 months Retention sold in Pierce → bought again in Pierce No repurchase found left the tracked counties, moved to renting, or the records can't connect them — a floor, not a ceiling
Direction: Click an area dot to see where its sellers landed.

The Flow Map

Within Pierce To / from King To Kitsap Dot size = seller volume · line weight = households moved

The Headline

Individual-owned sales, arms-length ≥$150K
The Flows
Real sold price vs. real next-purchase price for every matched household
Median of each household's actual pair (sold → bought), not county medians — so this is what movers really did, not what the market averaged. "Bought cheaper" = paid less for the next home than they sold the last one for.
Every route with 5+ matched households — tap a selling area to filter
Card size follows how many households made the move. Prices show what movers on that route typically sold for → bought for.
King sellers who bought their next home in Pierce
Sold in (King)Bought in (Pierce)Households
Same areas as Market Insights, so it lines up with what you already track
Selling areaSalesBought again in Pierce→ King→ KitsapNo local repurchaseTop next stops
"No local repurchase" = sold and never appeared buying again in Pierce, King, or Kitsap — left the region, went to renting, bought in Thurston/Mason, or the records couldn't connect them. A high number is its own story (military PCS in DuPont, retirees cashing out waterfront). "Bought again in Pierce" is the matched floor — records only connect a household when the same name signs both deeds.
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The graphic pulls that area's live numbers: how many sellers bought again in Pierce, where they landed, and the typical sold → bought move. Instagram sizing — Post for the feed, Story & Reel for vertical.
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The listing conversation

The #1 reason sellers freeze is "but where would we go?" Now you can answer with what their neighbors actually did. What would it change in your next listing appointment to open the map and say, "here's where people from this area really move"?

Stay for the next chapter

Your seller's next purchase is its own transaction — and the flows show where it probably happens. If your farm's sellers keep landing in Puyallup, Graham, or Buckley, are you ready to go with them? What would make "I'll be your agent for the next one too" the natural close of every listing?

The inbound pipeline

Hundreds of King County households cashed out and bought here. Who in your sphere lives up north? What does a "your equity goes further in Tacoma" conversation sound like coming from you?

Farm strategy

Some areas re-buy locally at nearly double the county rate — two transactions per relationship. Others (military DuPont, waterfront Lakebay) mostly leave the region. Does your farm's flow pattern change how you invest in it?

Content that only we have

Nobody else in the market is showing real migration flows. What could a "Where did Tacoma sellers actually go this year?" reel, mailer, or open-house one-liner do for you? Screenshots of this page are fair game.

The corridor play

Bonney Lake → Buckley. Spanaway → Graham. Tacoma → Puyallup. Every corridor is an affordability ladder someone climbs. Which rung do you own today — and could you meet your clients one rung in either direction?

What this can and can't see — read before quoting numbers

Built entirely from county public records (assessor/recorder deed files) — no MLS data. When the seller named on one deed appears as the buyer on another within −6 to +18 months, that's a matched move. The unit is a household sale, not a person. Company/trust/estate sales are excluded, and any name generic enough to appear on 4+ purchases is dropped rather than guessed. Only aggregate counts ever reach this page — no names, no addresses.

Pierce — fullDeed history carries both seller and buyer names.
King — fullSale extract carries both seller and buyer names.
Kitsap — inbound onlyWe can see who recently bought (current owner + sale date), not who sold.
Thurston & Mason — not visiblePublic extracts carry no names; moves there land in "no repurchase found."

Why matched rates are a floor: a seller who moved to Thurston, Mason, or out of region; started renting; or bought under a trust, new spouse's name, or different name form won't match. Recent quarters also read low because their sellers haven't had the full window to buy again yet:

Quarter soldSalesMatched so farRate