Seattle City Wire

The median sale price of a home sold in the first half of 2022 in Seattle rose by $113,975 while total sales decreased by 7.5 percent, according to BlockShopper.com.

From January through June, there were 2,426 homes sold, with a median sale price of $998,975 - a 12.9 percent increase over the $885,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 2,623 homes sold in Seattle in the first half of 2021.

The median sales tax in Seattle for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $4,956, approximately 0.5 percent of the median home sale price for the first half of 2022.

The following table compares Seattle 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)
North Bend	34	14	142.9	$1,143,500	$795,000	43.8
Black Diamond (unincorporated)	10	4	150	$1,085,000	$1,260,000	-13.9
Normandy Park	40	28	42.9	$1,037,500	$917,500	13.1
Kenmore	88	68	29.4	$1,035,000	$871,250	18.8
Duvall	43	50	-14	$1,000,000	$850,000	17.6
Seattle	2,426	2,623	-7.5	$998,975	$885,000	12.9
North Bend (unincorporated)	67	53	26.4	$950,000	$742,500	27.9
Vashon (unincorporated)	46	55	-16.4	$855,000	$720,000	18.8
Shoreline	274	238	15.1	$838,750	$747,500	12.2
Ravensdale (unincorporated)	14	21	-33.3	$832,475	$780,000	6.7
Lea Hill (unincorporated)	33	31	6.5	$828,000	$805,000	2.9