From July through September of 2020, there were 42 homes sold, with a median sale price of $139,000 - a 6.1% decrease over the $148,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 27 homes sold in Blythe in the third quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Blythe for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $987, approximately 0.7% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Blythe to other Riverside County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2020:
| City | July - Sept. 2020 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2020 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Village | 16 | 11 | 45.5% | $305,000 | $277,000 | 10.1% |
| Hemet | 382 | 274 | 39.4% | $305,000 | $275,500 | 10.7% |
| Coachella | 30 | 24 | 25% | $282,500 | $272,500 | 3.7% |
| Banning | 75 | 62 | 21% | $267,000 | $275,500 | -3.1% |
| Thousand Palms | 14 | 6 | 133.3% | $264,500 | $275,500 | -4% |
| Desert Hot Springs | 138 | 88 | 56.8% | $250,000 | $232,500 | 7.5% |
| White Water | 4 | 0 | - | $242,500 | $0 | - |
| Cabazon | 9 | 4 | 125% | $230,000 | $168,000 | 36.9% |
| Sun City | 1 | 1 | 0% | $217,500 | $234,000 | -7.1% |
| Mecca | 3 | 2 | 50% | $140,000 | $175,000 | -20% |
| Blythe | 42 | 27 | 55.6% | $139,000 | $148,000 | -6.1% |
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