From January through June of 2021, there were 218 homes sold, with a median sale price of $1,422,500 - a 19.5% increase over the $1,190,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 115 homes sold in Kirkland in the first half of 2020.
The median sales tax in Kirkland for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $5,770, approximately 0.4% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2021.
The following table compares Kirkland to other King County cities with similar median sale prices in the first half of 2021:
| City | Jan. - June 2021 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2021 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer Island | 102 | 81 | 25.9% | $1,975,000 | $1,630,000 | 21.2% |
| Sammamish (unincorporated) | 6 | 3 | 100% | $1,922,500 | $1,200,000 | 60.2% |
| Fenton (unincorporated) | 10 | 4 | 150% | $1,697,500 | $1,424,000 | 19.2% |
| Duvall (unincorporated) | 53 | 43 | 23.3% | $1,475,000 | $1,100,000 | 34.1% |
| Bellevue | 424 | 231 | 83.5% | $1,450,000 | $1,130,800 | 28.2% |
| Kirkland | 218 | 115 | 89.6% | $1,422,500 | $1,190,000 | 19.5% |
| Sammamish | 332 | 218 | 52.3% | $1,383,500 | $938,500 | 47.4% |
| Newcastle | 54 | 36 | 50% | $1,285,000 | $974,500 | 31.9% |
| Black Diamond (unincorporated) | 4 | 4 | 0% | $1,260,000 | $939,000 | 34.2% |
| Redmond | 159 | 92 | 72.8% | $1,251,000 | $910,000 | 37.5% |
| Redmond (unincorporated) | 147 | 98 | 50% | $1,240,000 | $892,500 | 38.9% |
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