From January to March, 147 homes sold in Crystal Lake for a median price of $195,000. That's 6.2 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, 19 homes in Crystal Lake were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Crystal Lake was $5,794.60 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 3.2 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.22 percent, according to a recent analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, which is the second-highest rate in the country, just behind New Jersey, where homeowners pay a tax rate of 2.28 percent.
Crystal Lake real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
67
$216,450
-
2010
78
$190,095
-12.2%
2011
64
$166,393
-12.5%
2012
101
$158,050
-5%
2013
135
$138,780
-12.2%
2014
139
$171,720
23.7%
2015
93
$164,300
-4.3%
2016
125
$178,500
8.6%
2017
136
$183,600
2.9%
2018
147
$195,000
6.2%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2010
$6,086.67
$190,095
3.2%
2011
$5,893.68
$166,393
3.5%
2012
$5,485.22
$158,050
3.5%
2013
$5,598.15
$138,780
4%
2014
$6,167.20
$171,720
3.6%
2015
$5,526.18
$164,300
3.4%
2016
$6,134.56
$178,500
3.4%
2017
$5,794.59
$183,600
3.2%
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