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I won’t have the full roundup from the Northwest Multiple Service on home prices and sales for 2007 until next week. But I do have some numbers broken down comparing last year to 2006 for the 17 areas in Pierce County tracked by the MLS.
So let’s take a look at how condominium sales fared.
Year-over-year, the median price of a Pierce County condo increased by 2.9 percent to $218,560 and sales were up 4.7 percent. Notable standouts on sales activity included Puyallup (+33.6 percent to 286 units), Parkland (+115 percent to 86 units), Central Tacoma (+44.3 percent to 101 units) and North Tacoma (-32.2 percent to 166 units).
Here’s how prices shook out. (I excluded areas that did not record more than 10 sales for the year.)
| Area | Price | Year-over-year change |
| Gig Harbor | $292,000 | -12.4% |
| Bonney Lake | $230,470 | +5.2% |
| North Tacoma | $239,950 | +15.1% |
| DuPont | $223,743 | +4.1% |
| South Tacoma | $193,000 | -12.9% |
| Southeast Tacoma | $196,000 | -33.3% |
| Parkland | $207,950 | -1.0% |
| Fife | $233,500 | +4.3% |
| Puyallup | $201,500 | +8.5% |
| Central Tacoma | $300,000 | +1.2% |
| Browns Point | $247,475 | +4.2% |
| University Place | $215,000 | +8.2% |
| Lakewood | $179,000 | -2.8% |
