In July 2018, there were 96 homes sold, with a median sale price of $155,000 - a 7.2% decrease over the $167,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 82 homes sold in Mentor in July 2017.
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 July 2018.
The following table compares Mentor to other Lake County cities with similar median sales prices in July 2018:
| City | July 2018 Home Sales | July 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July 2018 Median Sales Price | July 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waite Hill | 2 | 1 | 100% | $570,000 | $60,000 | 850% |
| Kirtland Hills | 2 | 0 | - | $357,350 | $0 | - |
| Willoughby Hills | 16 | 10 | 60% | $210,500 | $276,000 | -23.7% |
| North Perry | 9 | 6 | 50% | $184,000 | $188,000 | -2.1% |
| Kirtland | 11 | 4 | 175% | $167,000 | $308,000 | -45.8% |
| Mentor | 96 | 82 | 17.1% | $155,000 | $167,000 | -7.2% |
| Painesville | 77 | 81 | -4.9% | $145,000 | $130,000 | 11.5% |
| Madison | 8 | 15 | -46.7% | $138,000 | $179,400 | -23.1% |
| Mentor-on-the-Lake | 13 | 10 | 30% | $136,900 | $128,450 | 6.6% |
| Perry | 3 | 2 | 50% | $134,000 | $132,150 | 1.4% |
| Willoughby | 38 | 41 | -7.3% | $132,500 | $148,500 | -10.8% |
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