From January to March, 53 homes sold in East Garfield Park for a median price of $107,000. That's 44.7 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, 13 homes in East Garfield Park were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in East Garfield Park was $3,603.94 in 2016 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 5.7 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.
East Garfield Park real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
45
$46,800
-
2010
61
$39,900
-14.7%
2011
47
$36,725
-8%
2012
45
$49,050
33.6%
2013
57
$45,900
-6.4%
2014
47
$63,600
38.6%
2015
41
$58,830
-7.5%
2016
41
$63,000
7.1%
2017
36
$73,950
17.4%
2018
53
$107,000
44.7%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$2,796.49
$46,800
6%
2010
$3,764.05
$39,900
9.4%
2011
$3,413.02
$36,725
9.3%
2012
$3,268.58
$49,050
6.7%
2013
$2,980.86
$45,900
6.5%
2014
$3,167.38
$63,600
5%
2015
$3,462.11
$58,830
5.9%
2016
$3,603.93
$63,000
5.7%
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