From October through December of 2018, there were 55 homes sold, with a median sale price of $254,500 - a 8.3% increase over the $235,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 73 homes sold in Brookfield in the fourth quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Brookfield for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $5,653.20, approximately 2.2% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Brookfield to other Cook County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2018:
City | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
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Palos Heights | 24 | 70 | -65.7% | $270,500 | $263,000 | 2.9% |
Indian Head Park | 12 | 35 | -65.7% | $269,000 | $225,000 | 19.6% |
La Grange Highlands | 8 | 5 | 60% | $263,750 | $410,000 | -35.7% |
Skokie | 138 | 197 | -29.9% | $260,000 | $280,000 | -7.1% |
Bartlett | 41 | 72 | -43.1% | $255,000 | $247,250 | 3.1% |
Brookfield | 55 | 73 | -24.7% | $254,500 | $235,000 | 8.3% |
Norridge | 25 | 53 | -52.8% | $252,500 | $300,000 | -15.8% |
Forest River | 1 | 2 | -50% | $250,000 | $260,000 | -3.8% |
River Forest | 26 | 41 | -36.6% | $242,500 | $448,000 | -45.9% |
Hoffman Estates | 125 | 192 | -34.9% | $241,000 | $253,250 | -4.8% |
Westchester | 58 | 78 | -25.6% | $239,250 | $225,750 | 6% |