The median sale price of a home sold in January 2018 in Lake Forest Park fell by $199,000 while total sales decreased by 33.3%, according to BlockShopper.com.
In January 2018, there were two homes sold, with a median sale price of $462,000 – a 30.1% decrease over the $661,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were three homes sold in Lake Forest Park in January 2017.
The median sales tax in Lake Forest Park for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $5,447, approximately 1.2% of the median home sale price for January 2018.
The following table compares Lake Forest Park to other King County cities with similar median sales prices in January 2018:
| City | Jan. 2018 Home Sales | Jan. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. 2018 Median Sales Price | Jan. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Bend (unincorporated) | 7 | 7 | 0% | $528,000 | $630,000 | -16.2% |
| Renton | 17 | 42 | -59.5% | $480,000 | $373,700 | 28.4% |
| Renton (unincorporated) | 2 | 17 | -88.2% | $478,750 | $359,000 | 33.4% |
| Kent (unincorporated) | 16 | 38 | -57.9% | $475,390 | $372,845 | 27.5% |
| South Federal Way (unincorporated) | 3 | 7 | -57.1% | $465,000 | $327,500 | 42% |
| Lake Forest Park | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $462,000 | $661,000 | -30.1% |
| North Bend | 3 | 2 | 50% | $455,000 | $560,000 | -18.8% |
| Burien | 12 | 32 | -62.5% | $452,500 | $363,500 | 24.5% |
| Enumclaw (unincorporated) | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $450,000 | $501,000 | -10.2% |
| Black Diamond | 5 | 2 | 150% | $450,000 | $279,250 | 61.1% |
| Lea Hill (unincorporated) | 4 | 9 | -55.6% | $430,000 | $660,000 | -34.8% |
