From April through June of 2020, there were 214 homes sold, with a median sale price of $184,950 - a 15.6% increase over the $160,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 265 homes sold in Mentor in the second quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Mentor for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $5,005, approximately 2.7% of the median home sale price for the second quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Mentor to other Lake County cities with similar median sales prices in the second quarter of 2020:
| City | Apr. - June 2020 Home Sales | Apr. - June 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Apr. - June 2020 Median Sales Price | Apr. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Hills | 2 | 2 | 0% | $737,500 | $286,000 | 157.9% |
| Willoughby Hills | 21 | 34 | -38.2% | $225,000 | $218,500 | 3% |
| Kirtland | 15 | 22 | -31.8% | $205,000 | $223,500 | -8.3% |
| Perry | 9 | 11 | -18.2% | $199,000 | $169,000 | 17.8% |
| North Perry | 15 | 15 | 0% | $199,000 | $170,000 | 17.1% |
| Mentor | 214 | 265 | -19.2% | $184,950 | $160,000 | 15.6% |
| Grand River | 2 | 4 | -50% | $176,250 | $168,176 | 4.8% |
| Painesville | 178 | 220 | -19.1% | $167,500 | $145,750 | 14.9% |
| Willoughby | 93 | 92 | 1.1% | $158,000 | $149,998.50 | 5.3% |
| Madison | 33 | 44 | -25% | $155,000 | $151,450 | 2.3% |
| Mentor-on-the-Lake | 37 | 33 | 12.1% | $145,500 | $134,000 | 8.6% |
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