From July through September of 2017, there were 39 homes sold, with a median sale price of $275,000 - a 1.9% increase over the $270,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 62 homes sold in Algonquin in the third quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Algonquin for 2017 was $7,233.54. In 2016, the median sales tax was $7,228.60. This marks an increase of 0.1%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2.6%.
The following table compares Algonquin 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| North Aurora | 100 | 77 | 29.9% | $249,950 | $218,000 | 14.7% |
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