In October 2020, there were 37 homes sold, with a median sale price of $453,000 - a 15.7% increase over the $391,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 32 homes sold in Auburn in October 2019.
The median sales tax in Auburn for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $3,743, approximately 0.8% of the median home sale price for October 2020.
The following table compares Auburn to other King County cities with similar median sale prices in October 2020:
| City | Oct. 2020 Home Sales | Oct. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. 2020 Median Sales Price | Oct. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Diamond (unincorporated) | 1 | 0 | - | $492,500 | $0 | - |
| Kent | 49 | 30 | 63.3% | $480,000 | $422,249.50 | 13.7% |
| Auburn (unincorporated) | 17 | 11 | 54.5% | $480,000 | $422,900 | 13.5% |
| Pacific | 3 | 3 | 0% | $466,500 | $345,000 | 35.2% |
| Snoqualmie (unincorporated) | 2 | 2 | 0% | $455,000 | $1,027,625 | -55.7% |
| Auburn | 37 | 32 | 15.6% | $453,000 | $391,500 | 15.7% |
| Federal Way | 51 | 45 | 13.3% | $440,000 | $407,000 | 8.1% |
| Des Moines | 18 | 13 | 38.5% | $433,750 | $450,000 | -3.6% |
| Enumclaw | 23 | 11 | 109.1% | $431,000 | $365,000 | 18.1% |
| South Federal Way (unincorporated) | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $431,000 | $393,225 | 9.6% |
| Seatac | 12 | 11 | 9.1% | $419,750 | $370,000 | 13.4% |
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