From October through December of 2019, there were 26 homes sold, with a median sale price of $1,400,000 - a 16.6% decrease over the $1,678,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 34 homes sold in Mercer Island in the fourth quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Mercer Island for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $8,399, approximately 0.6% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Mercer Island to other King County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2019:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunts Point | 2 | 1 | 100% | $5,837,500 | $5,150,000 | 13.3% |
| Yarrow Point | 4 | 3 | 33.3% | $4,609,777.50 | $3,908,000 | 18% |
| Medina | 5 | 8 | -37.5% | $3,200,000 | $2,430,000 | 31.7% |
| Clyde Hill | 7 | 9 | -22.2% | $2,360,000 | $2,450,000 | -3.7% |
| Beaux Arts Village | 1 | 0 | - | $2,230,000 | $0 | - |
| Mercer Island | 26 | 34 | -23.5% | $1,400,000 | $1,678,000 | -16.6% |
| Bellevue | 121 | 122 | -0.8% | $1,188,000 | $957,000 | 24.1% |
| Snoqualmie (unincorporated) | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $1,027,625 | $485,000 | 111.9% |
| Duvall (unincorporated) | 30 | 17 | 76.5% | $1,025,000 | $865,000 | 18.5% |
| Black Diamond (unincorporated) | 2 | 2 | 0% | $1,022,000 | $539,225 | 89.5% |
| Normandy Park | 10 | 10 | 0% | $1,000,000 | $749,500 | 33.4% |
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