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In July 2019, there were 41 homes sold, with a median sale price of $334,900 - a 46.9% increase over the $228,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 39 homes sold in DeForest in July 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 1.5%.
The following table compares DeForest to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in July 2019:
| City | July 2019 Home Sales | July 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July 2019 Median Sales Price | July 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Bluff | 8 | 5 | 60% | $558,750 | $497,000 | 12.4% |
| Blue Mounds | 2 | 4 | -50% | $407,000 | $146,650 | 177.5% |
| Waunakee | 52 | 53 | -1.9% | $383,424 | $389,679 | -1.6% |
| Middleton | 52 | 64 | -18.8% | $346,000 | $386,850 | -10.6% |
| Cottage Grove | 25 | 21 | 19% | $341,000 | $270,000 | 26.3% |
| DeForest | 41 | 39 | 5.1% | $334,900 | $228,000 | 46.9% |
| Dane | 5 | 1 | 400% | $312,000 | $107,100 | 191.3% |
| Fitchburg | 66 | 68 | -2.9% | $304,150 | $296,377 | 2.6% |
| Oregon | 38 | 54 | -29.6% | $294,950 | $251,500 | 17.3% |
| Cross Plains | 5 | 8 | -37.5% | $288,500 | $308,250 | -6.4% |
| McFarland | 16 | 27 | -40.7% | $286,050 | $287,000 | -0.3% |
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