In October 2017, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $270,000 - a 12.4% decrease over the $308,127 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in Lakewood in October 2016.
The median sales tax in Lakewood for 2017 was $11,726.54. In 2016, the median sales tax was $11,934.80. This marks an decrease of 1.7%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 4.3%.
The following table compares Lakewood to other McHenry County cities with similar median sales prices in October 2017:
| City | Oct. 2017 Home Sales | Oct. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. 2017 Median Sales Price | Oct. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox River Grove | 4 | 8 | -50% | $308,750 | $232,500 | 32.8% |
| Port Barrington | 2 | 0 | - | $293,750 | $0 | - |
| Bull Valley | 4 | 4 | 0% | $289,000 | $367,500 | -21.4% |
| Ringwood | 1 | 1 | 0% | $285,000 | $260,000 | 9.6% |
| Trout Valley | 1 | 0 | - | $280,000 | $0 | - |
| Lakewood | 5 | 8 | -37.5% | $270,000 | $308,127 | -12.4% |
| Richmond | 5 | 5 | 0% | $254,000 | $155,000 | 63.9% |
| Huntley | 39 | 37 | 5.4% | $242,000 | $250,000 | -3.2% |
| Algonquin | 27 | 36 | -25% | $240,000 | $225,500 | 6.4% |
| Emerald Park | 1 | 0 | - | $237,500 | $0 | - |
| Lake in the Hills | 53 | 42 | 26.2% | $227,000 | $194,000 | 17% |
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