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Q1 real estate sales report: Auburn

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Median prices declined in Auburn over last year, and are up 2.4 percent over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, according to first quarter sales data collected by BlockShopper.com.

From January to March, 12 homes sold in Auburn for a median price of $101,200. That's 12.5 percent lower than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.

In the first quarter, 4 homes in Auburn were in foreclosure.

Median property tax for homeowners in Auburn was $1,781.16 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 1.5 percent of their home's value in taxes.

Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.22 percent, according to a recent analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, which is the second-highest rate in the country, just behind New Jersey, where homeowners pay a tax rate of 2.28 percent.

Auburn real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
13
$98,818
-
2010
13
$108,186
9.5%
2011
10
$70,625
-34.7%
2012
19
$103,550
46.6%
2013
14
$125,226
20.9%
2014
18
$77,115
-38.4%
2015
11
$89,040
15.5%
2016
15
$84,525
-5.1%
2017
21
$115,669
36.8%
2018
12
$101,200
-12.5%

Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$1,128.39
$98,818
1.1%
2010
$1,425.88
$108,186
1.3%
2011
$905.76
$70,625
1.3%
2012
$1,856.70
$103,550
1.8%
2013
$2,367.90
$125,226
1.9%
2014
$809.60
$77,115
1%
2015
$1,538.46
$89,040
1.7%
2016
$1,389.63
$84,525
1.6%
2017
$1,781.16
$115,669
1.5%

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