From October through December of 2019, there were nine homes sold, with a median sale price of $124,000 - a 15.9% decrease over the $147,450 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 10 homes sold in South Amherst in the fourth quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in South Amherst for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $1,712, approximately 1.4% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2019.
The following table compares South Amherst to other Lorain County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2019:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst | 85 | 60 | 41.7% | $159,900 | $159,000 | 0.6% |
| Oberlin | 33 | 28 | 17.9% | $155,000 | $154,250 | 0.5% |
| Vermilion | 32 | 25 | 28% | $151,500 | $109,900 | 37.9% |
| Wellington | 40 | 34 | 17.6% | $148,750 | $155,525 | -4.4% |
| Grafton | 34 | 32 | 6.3% | $140,750 | $168,000 | -16.2% |
| South Amherst | 9 | 10 | -10% | $124,000 | $147,450 | -15.9% |
| Penfield Junction | 2 | 2 | 0% | $119,350 | $65,750 | 81.5% |
| Sheffield Lake | 45 | 47 | -4.3% | $118,900 | $118,500 | 0.3% |
| Laporte | 2 | 1 | 100% | $105,000 | $56,000 | 87.5% |
| Brentwood Lake | 5 | 1 | 400% | $102,000 | $133,000 | -23.3% |
| Coonville | 2 | 1 | 100% | $90,000 | $38,000 | 136.8% |
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