From July through September of 2019, there were 44 homes sold, with a median sale price of $393,000 - a 7% decrease over the $422,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 44 homes sold in Des Moines in the third quarter of 2018, as well.
The median sales tax in Des Moines for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $3,602, approximately 0.9% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Des Moines to other King County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2019:
| City | July - Sept. 2019 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Center (unincorporated) | 15 | 20 | -25% | $415,000 | $401,500 | 3.4% |
| Federal Way | 130 | 152 | -14.5% | $410,000 | $385,750 | 6.3% |
| Auburn | 69 | 110 | -37.3% | $404,250 | $387,500 | 4.3% |
| South Federal Way (unincorporated) | 8 | 16 | -50% | $401,500 | $360,000 | 11.5% |
| Black Diamond | 7 | 12 | -41.7% | $397,700 | $363,500 | 9.4% |
| Des Moines | 44 | 44 | 0% | $393,000 | $422,750 | -7% |
| Enumclaw | 18 | 29 | -37.9% | $374,000 | $335,000 | 11.6% |
| Auburn (unincorporated) | 35 | 44 | -20.5% | $368,000 | $370,000 | -0.5% |
| Pacific | 7 | 13 | -46.2% | $355,000 | $320,000 | 10.9% |
| Baring (unincorporated) | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $350,000 | $250,000 | 40% |
| Algona | 4 | 11 | -63.6% | $334,975 | $320,000 | 4.7% |
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