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Transfer of Development Rights - TDR - in King County, Washington State

King County TDR Sales Data

All TDR Transactions (Public and Private)

transaction date

Credit Type

# of development rights sold/bought

Price per TDR

5/26/1999

Urban

3

$ 7,500

1/1/2000 *

Rural (CFA)

62

$ 44,355

10/5/2000

Urban

3

$ 7,500

1/2/2001

Rural

56

$ 25,464

3/19/2001

Urban

1

$ 10,000

9/11/2001

Urban

2

$ 6,000

9/11/2001

Urban

2

$ 11,000

9/19/2001

Rural (RA 2.5)

1

$ 24,000

4/16/2002

Urban

3

$ 11,000

5/1/2002

Urban

6

$ 10,000

6/5/2002

Urban

5

N/A

7/9/2002

Rural

88

$ 32,386

7/25/2003

Urban

5

$ 5,000

7/28/2003

Rural

3

$ 14,400

8/30/2003

Urban

25

$ 5,000

12/5/2003

Urban

3

$ 8,000

12/30/2003

Urban

3

$ 8,000

12/30/2003

Urban

3

$ 8,675

1/9/2004

Rural

1

$ 14,400

1/13/2004

Urban

1

$ 6,700

1/13/2004

Rural

15

$ 10,000

1/30/2004

Rural

5

$ 15,000

3/20/2004

Urban

1

$ 6,700

6/17/2004

Urban

9

$ 9,000

7/28/2004

Urban

25

$ 7,000

7/28/2004

Urban

3

$ 7,000

12/4/2004

Rural

990

$ 22,182

12/4/2004

Urban

30

$ 6,000

12/4/2004

Urban

25

$ 4,000

12/4/2004

Urban

25

$ 4,000

5/4/2005

Rural

10

$ 12,500

6/7/2005

Rural

2

$ 16,000

7/11/2005

Rural

1

$ 14,000

7/14/2005

Urban

20

$ 5,500

9/23/2005

Rural

14

$ 15,000

9/30/2005

Rural

45

$ 15,000

10/30/2005

Rural

38

$ 16,000

12/12/2005

Urban

8

$ 8,000

2/7/2006

Rural

1

$ 20,000

3/3/2006

Urban

29

$ 10,000

3/3/2006

Urban

2

$ 10,000

3/17/2006

Urban

3

$ 4,000

7/20/2006

Urban

1

$ 10,000

7/21/2006

Urban

1

$ 17,000

8/29/2006

Rural

31

$ 30,000

10/9/2006

Urban

1

$ 7,500

10/16/2006

Urban

3

$ 12,000

10/18/2006

Rural

2

$ 20,000

12/11/2006

Urban

1

$ 15,000

12/11/2006

Urban

1

$ 10,000

12/20/2006

Urban

1

$ 10,000

4/2/2007

Rural

1

$ 10,000

4/23/2007

Urban

1

$ 15,000

4/25/2007

Urban

1

$ 10,000

5/23/2007

Urban

4

$ 7,500

7/24/2007

Urban

2

$ 7,500

7/27/2007

Rural

1

$ 15,000

9/21/2007

Urban

7

$ 10,000

10/3/2007

Urban

1

$ 15,000

10/30/2007

Rural

3

$ 17,500

11/31/2007

Rural

4

$ 26,000

12/18/2007

Rural

18

$ 22,000

* TDRs were sold into City of Issaquah; each TDR = 8,000 sf of commercial floor area (CFA)

Public TDR Bank Transactions

TDR Market Summary Data - Years 2000 - 2008

# TDRs / Transaction

$/TDR

Total (rural & urban)

1662

Total (rural)

1392

$ -

Median (rural)

3

$ 16,000

Average (rural)

12

$ 19,617

Total (urban)

270

Median (urban)

3

$ 8,000

Average (urban)

7

$ 8,739