From January through June of 2024, 1,070 homes were sold in the county, with a median sale price of $300,650. This is a 9.3% increase over the $275,000 median sale price during the same period in 2023, when there were 1,439 homes sold.
Based on the latest available data from 2022, the median sales tax in McHenry County was $6,552, which stands at 2.2% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2024.
The U.S. housing market has surged in recent years, with its total value approaching $50 trillion in 2024—nearly five times its value in 2000.
“The value of America’s housing market will likely cross the $50 trillion threshold in the next 12 months as there are not enough homes being listed to push prices down,” said Redfin Economics Research Lead Chen Zhao.
The following histogram displays changes in median sales prices in McHenry County from January 2023 to June 2024.
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