I would use the recent sale mix to decide what belongs on your shortlist and what does not.
If you keep wondering whether a listing in Fife, WA is truly worth your attention, I would run it through a simple local filter first. The answer is to compare it to the most similar recent closings and let that decide whether it earns a place on your shortlist.
During the last three months, Fife, WA had 10 closed homes with a typical sold price of $500,000. The recent spread ran from $199,000 to $620,000, and the typical price per square foot was $325, which is enough to separate likely value from likely stretch.
That matters because the recent closing set was not uniform. It included condos, townhomes, and single-family homes, with living areas from under 900 square feet to more than 2,200 square feet, so a serious search needs a defined lane before any listing can be judged fairly.
Create a shortlist only from homes in the same property category. Track size and condition as carefully as price. In Fife, WA, I would rather narrow the field aggressively than let too many weak options cloud your decision-making.
