From January through June, there were 27 homes sold, with a median sale price of $670,000 - a 6.8 percent increase over the $627,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 16 homes sold in Black Diamond in the first half of 2021.
The median sales tax in Black Diamond for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $3,492, approximately 0.5 percent of the median home sale price for the first half of 2022.
The following table compares Black Diamond 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Covington | 128 | 114 | 12.3 | $657,500 | $513,500 | 28 |
| Tukwila | 40 | 48 | -16.7 | $641,500 | $485,000 | 32.3 |
| Auburn (unincorporated) | 99 | 87 | 13.8 | $632,999 | $532,000 | 19 |
| White Center (unincorporated) | 61 | 67 | -9 | $629,950 | $530,000 | 18.9 |
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