From January to March, 148 homes sold in Portage Park for a median price of $298,750. That's 2.4 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, 14 homes in Portage Park were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Portage Park was $4,758.98 in 2016 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 1.7 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.
Portage Park real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
55
$274,950
-
2010
118
$209,190
-23.9%
2011
123
$180,800
-13.6%
2012
109
$165,680
-8.4%
2013
142
$200,340
20.9%
2014
144
$220,480
10.1%
2015
128
$258,905
17.4%
2016
159
$271,950
5%
2017
162
$291,720
7.3%
2018
148
$298,750
2.4%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$5,233.50
$274,950
1.9%
2010
$5,198.86
$209,190
2.5%
2011
$5,095.38
$180,800
2.8%
2012
$4,198.25
$165,680
2.5%
2013
$4,537.37
$200,340
2.3%
2014
$4,250.22
$220,480
1.9%
2015
$4,709.56
$258,905
1.8%
2016
$4,758.97
$271,950
1.7%
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