The median sale price of a home sold in the first half of 2017 in Durham rose by $31,000 while total sales decreased by 81%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through June of 2017, there were four homes sold, with a median sale price of $281,500 – a 12.4% increase over the $250,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 21 homes sold in Durham in the first half of 2016.
The median sales tax in Durham for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $2,479, approximately 0.9% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2017.
The following table compares Durham to other Wake County cities with similar median sales prices in the first half of 2017:
| City | Jan. – June 2017 Home Sales | Jan. – June 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. – June 2017 Median Sales Price | Jan. – June 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medfield Estates | 4 | 1 | 300% | $305,000 | $290,000 | 5.2% |
| Wake Forest | 387 | 581 | -33.4% | $300,000 | $298,000 | 0.7% |
| Holly Springs | 344 | 573 | -40% | $300,000 | $309,500 | -3.1% |
| Apex | 431 | 614 | -29.8% | $299,000 | $315,000 | -5.1% |
| Morrisville | 129 | 228 | -43.4% | $295,000 | $293,500 | 0.5% |
| Durham | 4 | 21 | -81% | $281,500 | $250,500 | 12.4% |
| Timberlake | 2 | 6 | -66.7% | $268,500 | $223,750 | 20% |
| Fuquay-Varina | 321 | 574 | -44.1% | $246,000 | $249,500 | -1.4% |
| Raleigh | 3,164 | 3,814 | -17% | $244,500 | $225,750 | 8.3% |
| Angier | 8 | 17 | -52.9% | $236,000 | $250,000 | -5.6% |
| Willow Springs | 66 | 70 | -5.7% | $225,000 | $208,000 | 8.2% |
