From October through December of 2018, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $120,000 - a 11.2% increase over the $107,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were two homes sold in Grand Detour in the fourth quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Grand Detour for 2018 was $2,143. In 2017, the median sales tax was $2,088. This marks an increase of 2.6%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.8%.
The following table compares Grand Detour to other Ogle County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2018:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Junction | 10 | 8 | 25% | $171,000 | $163,500 | 4.6% |
| Leaf River | 3 | 0 | - | $138,000 | $0 | - |
| Stillman Valley | 8 | 4 | 100% | $132,500 | $87,050 | 52.2% |
| Byron | 18 | 12 | 50% | $132,500 | $125,750 | 5.4% |
| Hillcrest | 4 | 4 | 0% | $125,750 | $96,400 | 30.4% |
| Grand Detour | 3 | 2 | 50% | $120,000 | $107,900 | 11.2% |
| Rochelle | 30 | 25 | 20% | $104,500 | $113,000 | -7.5% |
| Monroe Center | 5 | 1 | 400% | $102,000 | $50,000 | 104% |
| Polo | 6 | 12 | -50% | $101,500 | $58,500 | 73.5% |
| Lost Nation | 6 | 3 | 100% | $97,500 | $10,000 | 875% |
| Forreston | 5 | 1 | 400% | $65,000 | $80,900 | -19.7% |
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