Houghton Homes for Sale

Houghton sits on the Kirkland side of Lake Washington, where the land slopes toward the shoreline and the parcels are laid out for houses rather than stacked units. That shape carries straight into what is available: most of the homes for sale here are detached, with their own walls, their own roof and their own ground around them, rather than attached homes in a condo or townhouse development. So the search is less about picking a category and more about reading individual houses. Homes Northwest works this pocket of Kirkland closely, and the practical questions here tend to be about the building in front of you, its age, its systems and its lot, rather than which segment of the market you belong in.

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Houghton at a Glance

ZIP codes in these listings

98033

Typical asking price

$2,062,500 (median of 20 active listings)

Typical sold price

$1,982,500 (median of 46 home sales, excluding 2 land and other non-dwelling sales, past 12 months)

Typical home

2,680 sq ft (n=20) · 4 bed / 3 bath (medians, n=20)

Typical days to sell

13 days (median of 46 closed home sales, past 12 months)

Months of supply

5.3 (balanced)

Sold-to-list

99% of asking (median per home sale, n=46)

Data current as of

August 2026

What ownership asks of you in Houghton

The typical house here dates to about 1980, and at that age showing well and being up to date are two different things. Ask for dates on the roof, the air handler and the windows instead of trusting a fresh coat of paint, because those are the items that come due on their own schedule once the keys are yours. Establish early what governs any listing you are serious about, too: some homes sit under an association with rules, documents and a recurring fee, and others sit in no subdivision at all, with nothing to answer to but the county. Houghton Beach Park is in the neighborhood, which is worth knowing when you are deciding how far from the water you are willing to look. The most common layout to trade hands is a four-bedroom, around $2,050,000, and it buys you a house whose exterior, drainage and landscaping are yours to keep on top of year after year.

What to pin down before you make an offer

• Lake frontage rights and shared or private dock access.
• Check which fire district serves the property and get a homeowners quote early, since availability varies by location.
• Shoreline permitting restrictions for docks and remodels.
• Tree removal and view restrictions near the lake.

Working with Homes Northwest

Homes Northwest has spent years in Houghton and knows how these houses were built and where the questions usually sit. What that gives a buyer is a straight read on the property in front of them: someone who can walk a house with you and tell you which parts of it are ordinary for the stock here and which parts deserve a closer look before you write anything. The decision this page has been building to is a practical one, made house by house, with a clear head about what you are taking on. Get that part right and you end up in a home that fits how you actually live.