From July through September of 2020, there were 240 homes sold, with a median sale price of $83,000 - a 29.9% increase over the $63,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 322 homes sold in Lorain in the third quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Lorain for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $1,358, approximately 1.6% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Lorain to other Lorain County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2020:
| City | July - Sept. 2020 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2020 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pheasant Run | 6 | 13 | -53.8% | $142,200 | $105,000 | 35.4% |
| Sheffield Lake | 33 | 59 | -44.1% | $135,000 | $124,000 | 8.9% |
| Eaton Estates | 4 | 7 | -42.9% | $121,500 | $89,900 | 35.2% |
| Elyria | 191 | 302 | -36.8% | $119,900 | $99,950 | 20% |
| Vermilion | 28 | 35 | -20% | $115,000 | $178,000 | -35.4% |
| Penfield Junction | 3 | 2 | 50% | $107,000 | $48,326 | 121.4% |
| South Amherst | 11 | 10 | 10% | $103,000 | $120,250 | -14.3% |
| Brentwood Lake | 3 | 3 | 0% | $85,000 | $142,500 | -40.4% |
| Lorain | 240 | 322 | -25.5% | $83,000 | $63,900 | 29.9% |
| Vincent | 1 | 1 | 0% | $69,500 | $7,500 | 826.7% |
| Coonville | 1 | 1 | 0% | $66,000 | $59,100 | 11.7% |
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