From July through December of 2017, there were 122 homes sold, with a median sale price of $575,000 - a 15.3% increase over the $498,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 136 homes sold in Western Springs in the second half of 2016.
The median sales tax in Western Springs for 2017 was $10,034. In 2016, the median sales tax was $9,089. This marks an increase of 10.4%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.7%.
The following table compares Western Springs to other Cook County cities with similar median sales prices in the second half of 2017:
| City | July - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Hills | 14 | 21 | -33.3% | $860,000 | $650,000 | 32.3% |
| Golf | 3 | 6 | -50% | $812,500 | $772,500 | 5.2% |
| South Barrington | 39 | 37 | 5.4% | $750,000 | $650,000 | 15.4% |
| Equestrian Woods | 1 | 1 | 0% | $747,500 | $530,000 | 41% |
| Wilmette | 236 | 264 | -10.6% | $592,500 | $650,000 | -8.8% |
| Western Springs | 122 | 136 | -10.3% | $575,000 | $498,750 | 15.3% |
| Burr Ridge | 42 | 56 | -25% | $493,750 | $475,000 | 3.9% |
| Inverness | 67 | 62 | 8.1% | $487,500 | $540,000 | -9.7% |
| River Forest | 102 | 111 | -8.1% | $484,000 | $467,000 | 3.6% |
| Northbrook | 370 | 357 | 3.6% | $441,250 | $440,000 | 0.3% |
| Northfield | 75 | 63 | 19% | $440,000 | $466,500 | -5.7% |
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