From January through March of 2018, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $113,000 - a 29.1% increase over the $87,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were six homes sold in Hillcrest in the first quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Hillcrest for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,674, approximately 2.4% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Hillcrest to other Ogle County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2018:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Junction | 7 | 8 | -12.5% | $152,000 | $156,500 | -2.9% |
| Byron | 13 | 11 | 18.2% | $148,500 | $128,000 | 16% |
| Creston | 4 | 1 | 300% | $122,000 | $112,600 | 8.3% |
| Hillcrest | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $113,000 | $87,500 | 29.1% |
| Lost Nation | 3 | 3 | 0% | $109,000 | $155,000 | -29.7% |
| Stillman Valley | 3 | 5 | -40% | $103,000 | $93,000 | 10.8% |
| Rochelle | 26 | 24 | 8.3% | $100,000 | $116,500 | -14.2% |
| Grand Detour | 3 | 2 | 50% | $98,000 | $114,750 | -14.6% |
| Oregon | 13 | 15 | -13.3% | $97,000 | $67,000 | 44.8% |
| Mount Morris | 11 | 10 | 10% | $80,500 | $48,250 | 66.8% |
| Polo | 10 | 11 | -9.1% | $69,500 | $107,500 | -35.3% |
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