From July through September of 2018, there were 30 homes sold, with a median sale price of $144,900 - a 9.7% decrease over the $160,450 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 42 homes sold in Vermilion in the third quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Vermilion for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $2,212, approximately 1.5% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Vermilion to other Lorain County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2018:
| City | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Station | 24 | 24 | 0% | $230,000 | $222,500 | 3.4% |
| North Ridgeville | 154 | 225 | -31.6% | $178,500 | $168,000 | 6.3% |
| LaGrange | 9 | 16 | -43.8% | $169,000 | $173,000 | -2.3% |
| South Amherst | 5 | 8 | -37.5% | $160,000 | $107,450 | 48.9% |
| Amherst | 56 | 98 | -42.9% | $155,000 | $155,000.50 | -0% |
| Vermilion | 30 | 42 | -28.6% | $144,900 | $160,450 | -9.7% |
| Oberlin | 28 | 46 | -39.1% | $144,500 | $138,000 | 4.7% |
| Wellington | 28 | 35 | -20% | $143,450 | $150,000 | -4.4% |
| Grafton | 33 | 43 | -23.3% | $141,540 | $154,400 | -8.3% |
| Brentwood Lake | 1 | 4 | -75% | $118,500 | $92,500 | 28.1% |
| Coonville | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $115,000 | $110,000 | 4.5% |
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