From January through June of 2019, there were 71 homes sold, with a median sale price of $299,900 - a 18.8% increase over the $252,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 90 homes sold in Cottage Grove in the first half of 2018.
The median sales tax in Cottage Grove for 2019 was $6,050. In 2018, the median sales tax was $5,690. This marks an increase of 6.3%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2%.
The following table compares Cottage Grove 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood Hills | 39 | 22 | 77.3% | $615,000 | $989,800 | -37.9% |
| Waunakee | 223 | 229 | -2.6% | $330,000 | $320,000 | 3.1% |
| Middleton | 224 | 246 | -8.9% | $328,500 | $305,000 | 7.7% |
| McFarland | 114 | 126 | -9.5% | $323,276.50 | $286,592.50 | 12.8% |
| Fitchburg | 347 | 369 | -6% | $300,000 | $279,900 | 7.2% |
| Cottage Grove | 71 | 90 | -21.1% | $299,900 | $252,500 | 18.8% |
| 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% |
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