From July through December of 2017, there were 503 homes sold, with a median sale price of $155,000 - a 4% increase over the $149,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 495 homes sold in Mentor in the second half of 2016.
The median sales tax in Mentor for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $5,005, approximately 3.2% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2017.
The following table compares Mentor to other Lake County cities with similar median sales prices in the second half of 2017:
| City | July - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waite Hill | 7 | 4 | 75% | $405,000 | $394,300 | 2.7% |
| Kirtland | 50 | 47 | 6.4% | $270,750 | $170,000 | 59.3% |
| Willoughby Hills | 57 | 65 | -12.3% | $192,000 | $193,000 | -0.5% |
| North Perry | 40 | 42 | -4.8% | $173,500 | $168,650 | 2.9% |
| Grand River | 7 | 2 | 250% | $163,000 | $84,600 | 92.7% |
| Mentor | 503 | 495 | 1.6% | $155,000 | $149,000 | 4% |
| Madison | 101 | 75 | 34.7% | $145,000 | $119,100 | 21.7% |
| Lane | 2 | 1 | 100% | $144,500 | $177,500 | -18.6% |
| Willoughby | 226 | 194 | 16.5% | $135,450 | $132,000 | 2.6% |
| Painesville | 453 | 413 | 9.7% | $135,000 | $138,000 | -2.2% |
| Perry | 23 | 14 | 64.3% | $135,000 | $156,450 | -13.7% |
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