From July through December of 2018, there were 336 homes sold, with a median sale price of $295,965 - a 9.7% increase over the $269,700 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 332 homes sold in Fitchburg in the second half of 2017.
The median sales tax in Fitchburg for 2018 was $5,824. In 2017, the median sales tax was $5,818. This marks an increase of 0.1%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2%.
The following table compares Fitchburg to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2018:
| City | July - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood Hills | 32 | 25 | 28% | $576,000 | $540,967 | 6.5% |
| Maple Bluff | 37 | 15 | 146.7% | $491,500 | $400,000 | 22.9% |
| Middleton | 283 | 243 | 16.5% | $355,250 | $300,000 | 18.4% |
| Waunakee | 249 | 277 | -10.1% | $349,900 | $315,000 | 11.1% |
| Fitchburg | 336 | 332 | 1.2% | $295,965 | $269,700 | 9.7% |
| McFarland | 135 | 105 | 28.6% | $289,900 | $269,000 | 7.8% |
| Verona | 175 | 213 | -17.8% | $274,100 | $245,000 | 11.9% |
| Blue Mounds | 16 | 5 | 220% | $268,500 | $248,942 | 7.9% |
| Cottage Grove | 100 | 95 | 5.3% | $264,950 | $271,000 | -2.2% |
| Windsor | 139 | 158 | -12% | $255,000 | $266,500 | -4.3% |
| Madison | 2,992 | 3,253 | -8% | $255,000 | $236,500 | 7.8% |
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