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In October 2017, there were 10 homes sold, with a median sale price of $370,750 - a 6.8% increase over the $347,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 31 homes sold in Des Moines in October 2016.
The median sales tax in Des Moines for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $3,602, approximately 1% of the median home sale price for October 2017.
The following table compares Des Moines to other King County cities with similar median sales prices in October 2017:
| City | Oct. 2017 Home Sales | Oct. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. 2017 Median Sales Price | Oct. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snoqualmie | 5 | 30 | -83.3% | $430,000 | $574,499.50 | -25.2% |
| East Renton Highlands (unincorporated) | 18 | 74 | -75.7% | $425,000 | $405,000 | 4.9% |
| North Bend (unincorporated) | 7 | 15 | -53.3% | $415,000 | $380,000 | 9.2% |
| Burien | 12 | 26 | -53.8% | $407,500 | $350,950 | 16.1% |
| Kent | 32 | 75 | -57.3% | $377,475 | $332,950 | 13.4% |
| Des Moines | 10 | 31 | -67.7% | $370,750 | $347,000 | 6.8% |
| Enumclaw (unincorporated) | 3 | 14 | -78.6% | $370,000 | $528,000 | -29.9% |
| Federal Way | 19 | 99 | -80.8% | $365,000 | $320,000 | 14.1% |
| Kent (unincorporated) | 12 | 52 | -76.9% | $357,250 | $355,000 | 0.6% |
| Seattle (unincorporated) | 14 | 22 | -36.4% | $340,917.50 | $349,975 | -2.6% |
| South Federal Way (unincorporated) | 4 | 1 | 300% | $338,450 | $319,000 | 6.1% |
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