From July through December of 2017, there were 181 homes sold, with a median sale price of $375,000 - a 12% increase over the $334,725 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 418 homes sold in Kent in the second half of 2016.
The median sales tax in Kent for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $3,686, approximately 1% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2017.
The following table compares Kent to other King County cities with similar median sales prices in the second half of 2017:
| City | July - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Diamond | 16 | 36 | -55.6% | $431,950 | $333,099.50 | 29.7% |
| Carnation | 14 | 16 | -12.5% | $406,850 | $374,500 | 8.6% |
| White Center (unincorporated) | 49 | 99 | -50.5% | $388,000 | $344,000 | 12.8% |
| Kent (unincorporated) | 106 | 307 | -65.5% | $377,500 | $354,275 | 6.6% |
| South Federal Way (unincorporated) | 17 | 27 | -37% | $377,000 | $295,000 | 27.8% |
| Kent | 181 | 418 | -56.7% | $375,000 | $334,725 | 12% |
| Des Moines | 74 | 188 | -60.6% | $372,950 | $330,000 | 13% |
| Covington | 76 | 213 | -64.3% | $370,500 | $325,000 | 14% |
| Tukwila | 35 | 76 | -53.9% | $360,000 | $343,820 | 4.7% |
| Seatac | 73 | 129 | -43.4% | $355,000 | $300,000 | 18.3% |
| Seattle (unincorporated) | 92 | 198 | -53.5% | $354,625 | $349,975 | 1.3% |
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