From January through June of 2020, there were 115 homes sold, with a median sale price of $1,190,000 - a 22.1% increase over the $975,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 156 homes sold in Kirkland in the first half of 2019.
The median sales tax in Kirkland for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $5,770, approximately 0.5% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2020.
The following table compares Kirkland to other King County cities with similar median sale prices in the first half of 2020:
| City | Jan. - June 2020 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2020 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarrow Point | 6 | 9 | -33.3% | $2,995,000 | $2,988,000 | 0.2% |
| Clyde Hill | 10 | 18 | -44.4% | $2,605,000 | $2,719,000 | -4.2% |
| Mercer Island | 81 | 101 | -19.8% | $1,630,000 | $1,650,000 | -1.2% |
| Fenton (unincorporated) | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $1,424,000 | $1,367,500 | 4.1% |
| Sammamish (unincorporated) | 3 | 9 | -66.7% | $1,200,000 | $1,194,400 | 0.5% |
| Kirkland | 115 | 156 | -26.3% | $1,190,000 | $975,000 | 22.1% |
| Bellevue | 231 | 348 | -33.6% | $1,130,800 | $1,150,000 | -1.7% |
| Duvall (unincorporated) | 43 | 49 | -12.2% | $1,100,000 | $1,000,000 | 10% |
| Fall City (unincorporated) | 9 | 23 | -60.9% | $1,099,900 | $799,950 | 37.5% |
| Newcastle | 36 | 50 | -28% | $974,500 | $870,000 | 12% |
| Black Diamond (unincorporated) | 4 | 4 | 0% | $939,000 | $342,000 | 174.6% |
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