From July through September of 2017, there were 260 homes sold, with a median sale price of $975,750 - a 0.9% decrease over the $985,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 241 homes sold in Bethesda in the third quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Bethesda for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $9,814, approximately 1% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2017.
The following table compares Bethesda to other Montgomery County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2017:
| City | July - Sept. 2017 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2017 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin John | 6 | 8 | -25% | $1,297,500 | $902,500 | 43.8% |
| Chevy Chase | 63 | 66 | -4.5% | $1,205,000 | $921,000 | 30.8% |
| Travilah | 44 | 36 | 22.2% | $1,099,450 | $987,500 | 11.3% |
| Bethesda | 260 | 241 | 7.9% | $975,750 | $985,000 | -0.9% |
| Potomac | 155 | 180 | -13.9% | $910,000 | $880,000 | 3.4% |
| Darnestown | 19 | 19 | 0% | $822,500 | $735,000 | 11.9% |
| Brookeville | 8 | 8 | 0% | $740,000 | $627,000 | 18% |
| North Bethesda | 82 | 78 | 5.1% | $728,000 | $689,450 | 5.6% |
| Laytonsville | 7 | 13 | -46.2% | $690,000 | $595,000 | 16% |
| Brinklow | 3 | 2 | 50% | $675,000 | $844,500 | -20.1% |
| South Kensington | 41 | 34 | 20.6% | $665,000 | $747,500 | -11% |
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