From January through June of 2019, there were 96 homes sold, with a median sale price of $250,000 - a 7.9% increase over the $231,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 118 homes sold in Mount Horeb in the first half of 2018.
The median sales tax in Mount Horeb for 2019 was $4,832. In 2018, the median sales tax was $4,665. This marks an increase of 3.6%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.9%.
The following table compares Mount Horeb 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 135 | 164 | -17.7% | $289,900 | $247,500 | 17.1% |
| 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% |
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