From January through March of 2019, there were four homes sold, with a median sale price of $155,250 - a 16.9% decrease over the $186,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were six homes sold in Palmyra in the first quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Palmyra for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,700, approximately 2.4% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Palmyra to other Lee County cities in the first quarter of 2019:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee | 1 | 1 | 0% | $170,000 | $319,000 | -46.7% |
| Palmyra | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $155,250 | $186,750 | -16.9% |
| Paw Paw | 2 | 1 | 100% | $130,546.50 | $68,000 | 92% |
| Amboy | 9 | 4 | 125% | $100,000 | $194,750 | -48.7% |
| Sublette | 1 | 2 | -50% | $80,000 | $58,125 | 37.6% |
| Dixon | 42 | 36 | 16.7% | $71,000 | $74,300 | -4.4% |
| Compton | 4 | 0 | - | $49,500 | $0 | - |
| Franklin Grove | 4 | 0 | - | $18,500 | $0 | - |
| West Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Harmon | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Nachusa | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $63,500 | -100% |
| Steward | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $10,500 | -100% |
| Nelson | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Ashton | 0 | 6 | -100% | $0 | $56,500 | -100% |
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