From January through March of 2021, there were 165 homes sold, with a median sale price of $184,900 - a 12.1% increase over the $165,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 173 homes sold in Mentor in the first quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Mentor for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $5,986, approximately 3.2% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Mentor to other Lake County cities with similar median sale prices in the first quarter of 2021:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Hills | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $402,500 | $362,000 | 11.2% |
| Willoughby Hills | 13 | 15 | -13.3% | $321,000 | $160,000 | 100.6% |
| Kirtland | 14 | 9 | 55.6% | $256,450 | $215,000 | 19.3% |
| Timberlake | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $223,250 | $180,000 | 24% |
| North Perry | 9 | 12 | -25% | $217,000 | $185,000 | 17.3% |
| Mentor | 165 | 173 | -4.6% | $184,900 | $165,000 | 12.1% |
| Willoughby | 76 | 74 | 2.7% | $173,500 | $129,500 | 34% |
| Lane | 1 | 1 | 0% | $172,000 | $75,000 | 129.3% |
| Perry | 4 | 5 | -20% | $168,650 | $135,000 | 24.9% |
| Fairport Harbor | 12 | 10 | 20% | $162,750 | $94,750 | 71.8% |
| Mentor-on-the-Lake | 21 | 22 | -4.5% | $160,000 | $147,125 | 8.8% |
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