In January 2019, there were four homes sold, with a median sale price of $387,500 - a 240.7% increase over the $113,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were five homes sold in Cambridge in January 2018.
The median sales tax in Cambridge for 2019 was $3,445. In 2018, the median sales tax was $3,504. This marks an decrease of 1.7%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 0.9%.
The following table compares Cambridge to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in January 2019:
| City | Jan. 2019 Home Sales | Jan. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Bluff | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $1,150,000 | $441,250 | 160.6% |
| Shorewood Hills | 3 | 0 | - | $748,500 | $0 | - |
| Waunakee | 22 | 43 | -48.8% | $415,000 | $219,000 | 89.5% |
| Cambridge | 4 | 5 | -20% | $387,500 | $113,750 | 240.7% |
| McFarland | 15 | 15 | 0% | $339,100 | $300,000 | 13% |
| Middleton | 25 | 39 | -35.9% | $333,400 | $284,000 | 17.4% |
| Windsor | 19 | 25 | -24% | $305,000 | $255,200 | 19.5% |
| Deerfield | 3 | 4 | -25% | $293,000 | $344,950 | -15.1% |
| Fitchburg | 52 | 60 | -13.3% | $291,999 | $262,700 | 11.2% |
| Cross Plains | 8 | 3 | 166.7% | $265,750 | $240,000 | 10.7% |
| Verona | 18 | 25 | -28% | $265,000 | $226,500 | 17% |
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