good way to find out is to hit up Craigslist for some of the towns and cities listed and see what people are asking. Then look around the area you live in (DC) and it will give you an idea of the market. I just know that there are a lot of high end homes in the areas I listed as "nice" but still near Seattle. "Expensive" is always a relative term, to some they may be cheep but for the most part the area around Lake Washington is Expensive by most peoples standards. I mean after all that is where Bill Gates lives (owner of Microsoft and only one of the richest people in the world) just pocket change for me lol!