From July through September of 2017, there were 169 homes sold, with a median sale price of $282,000 - a 7.9% increase over the $261,250 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 149 homes sold in St. Charles in the third quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in St. Charles for 2017 was $6,765.62. In 2016, the median sales tax was $7,092.90. This marks an decrease of 4.6%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2.4%.
The following table compares St. Charles to other Kane County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2017:
| City | July - Sept. 2017 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2017 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lily Lake | 3 | 4 | -25% | $390,000 | $335,750 | 16.2% |
| Sleepy Hollow | 22 | 17 | 29.4% | $319,500 | $270,000 | 18.3% |
| Rainbow Hills | 2 | 4 | -50% | $318,250 | $215,000 | 48% |
| Geneva | 185 | 156 | 18.6% | $313,270 | $306,500 | 2.2% |
| Batavia | 124 | 114 | 8.8% | $298,500 | $276,250 | 8.1% |
| St. Charles | 169 | 149 | 13.4% | $282,000 | $261,250 | 7.9% |
| Algonquin | 39 | 62 | -37.1% | $275,000 | $270,000 | 1.9% |
| Prestbury | 17 | 14 | 21.4% | $265,000 | $242,000 | 9.5% |
| Elburn | 37 | 52 | -28.8% | $256,000 | $270,000 | -5.2% |
| Bowes | 2 | 1 | 100% | $253,500 | $250,000 | 1.4% |
| Sugar Grove | 76 | 58 | 31% | $253,500 | $261,750 | -3.2% |
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