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West Des Moines (Polk County) home prices fall in the third quarter of 2019

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The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2019 in West Des Moines in Polk County fell by $14,250 while total sales increased by 12.5%, according to BlockShopper.com.

From July through September of 2019, there were 270 homes sold, with a median sale price of $217,250 - a 6.2% decrease over the $231,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 240 homes sold in West Des Moines in the third quarter of 2018.

The median sales tax in West Des Moines for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,530, approximately 1.6% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2019.

The following table compares West Des Moines to other Polk County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2019:

CityJuly - Sept. 2019 Home SalesJuly - Sept. 2018 Home Sales% change (Total Home Sales)July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales PriceJuly - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price% change (Median Sales Price)
Bondurant6069-13%$236,450$229,9002.8%
Ankeny556557-0.2%$232,500$240,000-3.1%
Altoona1461367.4%$231,085$210,00010%
Saylorville2931-6.5%$229,900$232,500-1.1%
Urbandale21019010.5%$223,500$210,0006.4%
West Des Moines27024012.5%$217,250$231,500-6.2%
Pleasant Hill6277-19.5%$209,950$205,0002.4%
Elkhart135160%$194,000$190,0002.1%
Windsor Heights3234-5.9%$181,000$193,500-6.5%
Mitchellville211540%$157,900$153,0003.2%
Des Moines1,2011,423-15.6%$143,000$135,0005.9%
* This story only considers sales data for the part of West Des Moines that is in Polk County.

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