From July through September of 2018, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $160,000 - a 48.9% increase over the $107,450 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in South Amherst in the third quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in South Amherst for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $1,564, approximately 1% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2018.
The following table compares South Amherst 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 16 | 16 | 0% | $256,199.50 | $218,450 | 17.3% |
| Avon Lake | 84 | 136 | -38.2% | $237,500 | $200,000 | 18.8% |
| 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% |
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