From January through June of 2019, there were 198 homes sold, with a median sale price of $241,750 - a 4.4% decrease over the $253,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 176 homes sold in DeForest in the first half of 2018.
The median sales tax in DeForest for 2019 was $5,150. In 2018, the median sales tax was $4,417. This marks an increase of 16.6%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2.1%.
The following table compares DeForest to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in the first half of 2019:
| City | Jan. - June 2019 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verona | 170 | 199 | -14.6% | $282,512 | $271,000 | 4.2% |
| Dane | 15 | 17 | -11.8% | $280,400 | $164,600 | 70.4% |
| Madison | 2,755 | 2,929 | -5.9% | $262,000 | $247,900 | 5.7% |
| Sun Prairie | 425 | 447 | -4.9% | $257,500 | $240,000 | 7.3% |
| Mount Horeb | 96 | 118 | -18.6% | $250,000 | $231,750 | 7.9% |
| DeForest | 198 | 176 | 12.5% | $241,750 | $253,000 | -4.4% |
| Cross Plains | 47 | 37 | 27% | $233,500 | $230,400 | 1.3% |
| Oregon | 130 | 149 | -12.8% | $231,000 | $253,500 | -8.9% |
| Blue Mounds | 10 | 12 | -16.7% | $229,650 | $307,500 | -25.3% |
| Stoughton | 179 | 207 | -13.5% | $217,300 | $190,000 | 14.4% |
| Brooklyn | 7 | 13 | -46.2% | $205,000 | $190,000 | 7.9% |
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