From January to March, 9 homes sold in Berkeley for a median price of $179,000. That's 17.4 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, 2 homes in Berkeley were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Berkeley was $4,530.71 in 2016 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 3.6 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.22 percent, according to a recent analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, which is the second-highest rate in the country, just behind New Jersey, where homeowners pay a tax rate of 2.28 percent.
Berkeley real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
6
$172,575
-
2010
12
$153,330
-11.2%
2011
7
$90,400
-41%
2012
17
$119,900
32.6%
2013
11
$91,800
-23.4%
2014
11
$135,680
47.8%
2015
14
$134,620
-0.8%
2016
21
$126,525
-6%
2017
16
$152,490
20.5%
2018
9
$179,000
17.4%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$5,850.67
$172,575
3.4%
2010
$6,406.56
$153,330
4.2%
2011
$4,478.51
$90,400
5%
2012
$4,885.49
$119,900
4.1%
2013
$5,211.48
$91,800
5.7%
2014
$5,247.05
$135,680
3.9%
2015
$5,440.68
$134,620
4%
2016
$4,530.70
$126,525
3.6%