From January through June, there were 245 homes sold, with a median sale price of $750,000 - a 19 percent increase over the $630,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 243 homes sold in Renton in the first half of 2021.
The median sales tax in Renton for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $4,150, approximately 0.6 percent of the median home sale price for the first half of 2022.
The following table compares Renton to other King County cities with similar median sale prices in the first half of 2022:
| City | January - June 2022 Home Sales | January - June 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | January - June 2022 Median Sales Price | January - June 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enumclaw (unincorporated) | 42 | 54 | -22.2 | $810,000 | $733,500 | 10.4 |
| Snoqualmie (unincorporated) | 9 | 11 | -18.2 | $800,000 | $725,000 | 10.3 |
| Newcastle (unincorporated) | 7 | 5 | 40 | $800,000 | $840,000 | -4.8 |
| East Renton Highlands (unincorporated) | 293 | 265 | 10.6 | $780,000 | $665,000 | 17.3 |
| Renton (unincorporated) | 39 | 45 | -13.3 | $755,000 | $590,000 | 28 |
| Renton | 245 | 243 | 0.8 | $750,000 | $630,000 | 19 |
| Carnation | 13 | 8 | 62.5 | $710,000 | $772,500 | -8.1 |
| Kent (unincorporated) | 176 | 163 | 8 | $703,000 | $562,700 | 24.9 |
| Burien | 115 | 104 | 10.6 | $702,000 | $599,500 | 17.1 |
| Black Diamond | 27 | 16 | 68.8 | $670,000 | $627,500 | 6.8 |
| Kent | 222 | 241 | -7.9 | $667,500 | $545,000 | 22.5 |
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