From July through December of 2017, there were 250 homes sold, with a median sale price of $501,250 - a 5.6% decrease over the $531,250 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 212 homes sold in Highland Park in the second half of 2016.
The median sales tax in Highland Park for 2017 was $12,813. In 2016, the median sales tax was $12,454. This marks an increase of 2.9%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2.6%.
The following table compares Highland Park to other Lake 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Grove | 66 | 60 | 10% | $619,000 | $594,500 | 4.1% |
| Bannockburn | 6 | 8 | -25% | $600,000 | $790,000 | -24.1% |
| Lake Bluff | 64 | 62 | 3.2% | $586,750 | $482,500 | 21.6% |
| Fox River Grove | 4 | 5 | -20% | $532,500 | $483,000 | 10.2% |
| North Barrington | 33 | 30 | 10% | $530,000 | $547,500 | -3.2% |
| Highland Park | 250 | 212 | 17.9% | $501,250 | $531,250 | -5.6% |
| Hawthorn Woods | 71 | 80 | -11.3% | $497,183 | $490,000 | 1.5% |
| Lincolnshire | 75 | 78 | -3.8% | $485,000 | $487,375 | -0.5% |
| Deer Park | 38 | 24 | 58.3% | $483,500 | $427,500 | 13.1% |
| Green Oaks | 24 | 23 | 4.3% | $472,500 | $555,000 | -14.9% |
| Barrington Hills | 4 | 3 | 33.3% | $446,250 | $525,000 | -15% |
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