Clearwater home prices rise in the first half of 2020

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The median sale price of a home sold in the first half of 2020 in Clearwater rose by $6,800 while total sales decreased by 80.1%, according to BlockShopper.com.

From January through June of 2020, there were 361 homes sold, with a median sale price of $194,300 - a 3.6% increase over the $187,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 1,813 homes sold in Clearwater in the first half of 2019.

The median sales tax in Clearwater for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $1,790, approximately 0.9% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2020.

The following table compares Clearwater to other Pinellas County cities with similar median sales prices in the first half of 2020:

CityJan. - June 2020 Home SalesJan. - June 2019 Home Sales% change (Total Home Sales)Jan. - June 2020 Median Sales PriceJan. - June 2019 Median Sales Price% change (Median Sales Price)
Tarpon Springs73409-82.2%$250,000$235,0006.4%
Belleair Bluffs738-81.6%$250,000$249,9500%
South Pasadena1292-87%$245,000$210,00016.7%
Dunedin107485-77.9%$240,000$248,000-3.2%
Gulfport52212-75.5%$231,500$223,0003.8%
St Petersburg6513,754-82.7%$223,000$195,00014.4%
Kenneth City847-83%$222,500$155,00043.5%
Seminole137690-80.1%$220,000$220,0000%
Largo155842-81.6%$217,000$185,85016.8%
Clearwater3611,813-80.1%$194,300$187,5003.6%
Pinellas Park90472-80.9%$179,950$170,0005.9%

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