Gage Park home prices rise in August 2020

Gage Park home prices rise in August 2020
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The median sale price of a home sold in August 2020 in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood, rose by $39,500 while total sales decreased by 55.6%, according to BlockShopper.com.

In August 2020, there were eight homes sold, with a median sale price of $204,500 – a 23.9% increase over the $165,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 18 homes sold in Gage Park in August 2019.

The median sales tax in Gage Park for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $2,168, approximately 1.1% of the median home sale price for August 2020.

The following table compares Gage Park to other Chicago neighborhood with similar median sales prices in August 2020:

Neighborhood Aug. 2020 Home Sales Aug. 2019 Home Sales % change (Total Home Sales) Aug. 2020 Median Sales Price Aug. 2019 Median Sales Price % change (Median Sales Price)
Chatham 12 19 -36.8% $215,000 $170,000 26.5%
Washington Heights 5 6 -16.7% $213,000 $118,500 79.7%
McKinley Park 3 4 -25% $212,000 $258,250 -17.9%
West Lincolnwood 1 2 -50% $207,000 $475,000 -56.4%
Wrightwood 6 8 -25% $206,750 $208,500 -0.8%
Gage Park 8 18 -55.6% $204,500 $165,000 23.9%
Austin 37 70 -47.1% $197,000 $167,500 17.6%
Hegewisch 1 11 -90.9% $197,000 $127,500 54.5%
Calumet Heights 11 26 -57.7% $196,000 $148,000 32.4%
Edgewater 60 99 -39.4% $190,250 $220,000 -13.5%
Woodlawn 13 31 -58.1% $186,500 $160,000 16.6%


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