From July through December of 2018, there were 65 homes sold, with a median sale price of $154,000 - a 5.8% decrease over the $163,400 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 90 homes sold in Grafton in the second half of 2017.
The median sales tax in Grafton for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $2,904, approximately 1.9% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2018.
The following table compares Grafton to other Lorain County cities with similar median sales prices in the second half of 2018:
City | July - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
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Avon Lake | 202 | 226 | -10.6% | $214,000 | $203,500 | 5.2% |
Columbia Station | 46 | 50 | -8% | $182,450 | $177,500 | 2.8% |
North Ridgeville | 301 | 378 | -20.4% | $180,000 | $170,450 | 5.6% |
LaGrange | 24 | 33 | -27.3% | $179,500 | $170,000 | 5.6% |
Amherst | 116 | 172 | -32.6% | $156,500 | $149,950 | 4.4% |
Grafton | 65 | 90 | -27.8% | $154,000 | $163,400 | -5.8% |
South Amherst | 15 | 17 | -11.8% | $150,000 | $112,500 | 33.3% |
Wellington | 62 | 63 | -1.6% | $148,450 | $140,000 | 6% |
Oberlin | 56 | 77 | -27.3% | $148,250 | $126,500 | 17.2% |
Brentwood Lake | 2 | 6 | -66.7% | $125,750 | $120,000 | 4.8% |
Vermilion | 55 | 86 | -36% | $120,000 | $139,950 | -14.3% |