From January through June of 2018, there were 18 homes sold, with a median sale price of $246,000 - a 7.2% decrease over the $265,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were seven homes sold in Loves Park in the first half of 2017.
The median sales tax in Loves Park for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $7,398, approximately 3% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2018.
The following table compares Loves Park to other Boone County cities in the first half of 2018:
City | Jan. - June 2018 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2018 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
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Timberlane | 3 | 9 | -66.7% | $305,000 | $290,000 | 5.2% |
Loves Park | 18 | 7 | 157.1% | $246,000 | $265,000 | -7.2% |
Caledonia | 4 | 8 | -50% | $209,000 | $365,000 | -42.7% |
Poplar Grove | 41 | 42 | -2.4% | $170,000 | $150,250 | 13.1% |
Belvidere | 156 | 181 | -13.8% | $145,950 | $150,000 | -2.7% |
Candlewick Lake | 43 | 49 | -12.2% | $127,400 | $100,000 | 27.4% |
Capron | 9 | 7 | 28.6% | $105,000 | $95,000 | 10.5% |
Garden Prairie | 1 | 1 | 0% | $70,000 | $134,000 | -47.8% |