From January through March of 2017, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $50,000 - a 8.1% increase over the $46,240 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were three homes sold in Loami in the first quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Loami for 2017 was $1,733.58. In 2016, the median sales tax was $2,046. This marks an decrease of 15.3%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 3.5%.
The following table compares Loami to other Sangamon County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2017:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn | 21 | 15 | 40% | $113,401.26 | $80,500 | 40.9% |
| Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0% | $105,000 | $180,000 | -41.7% |
| Mechanicsburg | 3 | 0 | - | $83,000 | $0 | - |
| Riverton | 9 | 12 | -25% | $74,000 | $91,200 | -18.9% |
| Pleasant Plains | 2 | 5 | -60% | $65,500 | $264,000 | -75.2% |
| Southern View | 4 | 8 | -50% | $61,700 | $85,000 | -27.4% |
| Pawnee | 10 | 11 | -9.1% | $56,450 | $95,625 | -41% |
| Illiopolis | 3 | 1 | 200% | $56,000 | $56,000 | 0% |
| Thayer | 2 | 1 | 100% | $54,077.50 | $26,255 | 106% |
| Loami | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $50,000 | $46,240 | 8.1% |
| Dawson | 2 | 5 | -60% | $36,304.50 | $169,900 | -78.6% |
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