From April to June, 98 homes sold in Forest Park for a median price of $218,500. That's 17 percent lower than median home sale prices for the second quarter of 2017.
In the second quarter, 3 homes in Forest Park were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Forest Park was $6,836.38 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2.6 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.2 percent, according to a 2017 property tax analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, ranking it second among U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Forest Park real estate: Q2 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
31
$239,850
-
2010
48
$221,730
-7.6%
2011
39
$152,550
-31.2%
2012
54
$120,990
-20.7%
2013
76
$141,750
17.2%
2014
74
$174,900
23.4%
2015
64
$189,210
8.2%
2016
83
$203,175
7.4%
2017
97
$263,160
29.5%
2018
98
$218,500
-17%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$6,456.17
$239,850
2.7%
2010
$6,219.43
$221,730
2.8%
2011
$7,149.12
$152,550
4.7%
2012
$6,004.56
$120,990
5%
2013
$5,859.73
$141,750
4.1%
2014
$5,399.72
$174,900
3.1%
2015
$5,290.07
$189,210
2.8%
2016
$5,291.55
$203,175
2.6%
2017
$6,836.37
$263,160
2.6%