In July 2020, there were 33 homes sold, with a median sale price of $260,000 - a 22.4% decrease over the $334,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 41 homes sold in DeForest in July 2019.
The median sales tax in DeForest for 2020 was $5,388. In 2019, the median sales tax was $5,150. This marks an increase of 4.6%. 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 July 2020:
| City | July 2020 Home Sales | July 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July 2020 Median Sales Price | July 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 5 | 11 | -54.5% | $296,500 | $147,000 | 101.7% |
| Brooklyn | 1 | 4 | -75% | $285,000 | $221,000 | 29% |
| Madison | 596 | 696 | -14.4% | $277,500 | $270,000 | 2.8% |
| Mount Horeb | 28 | 23 | 21.7% | $265,000 | $279,900 | -5.3% |
| Deerfield | 4 | 14 | -71.4% | $263,700 | $214,250 | 23.1% |
| DeForest | 33 | 41 | -19.5% | $260,000 | $334,900 | -22.4% |
| Fitchburg | 66 | 66 | 0% | $252,500 | $304,150 | -17% |
| Stoughton | 33 | 30 | 10% | $233,000 | $237,425 | -1.9% |
| Dane | 4 | 5 | -20% | $218,100 | $312,000 | -30.1% |
| Black Earth | 7 | 7 | 0% | $190,000 | $230,000 | -17.4% |
| Marshall | 10 | 18 | -44.4% | $187,300 | $229,500.50 | -18.4% |
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