From October through December of 2021, there were seven homes sold, with a median sale price of $725,000 - a 22.7% decrease over the $937,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were three homes sold in Mettawa in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Mettawa for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $13,356, approximately 1.8% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Mettawa to other Lake County cities with similar median sale prices in the fourth quarter of 2021:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2021 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2021 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Hills | 4 | 1 | 300% | $957,000 | $405,000 | 136.3% |
| North Barrington | 25 | 12 | 108.3% | $875,000 | $563,000 | 55.4% |
| Lake Forest | 115 | 74 | 55.4% | $859,000 | $775,000 | 10.8% |
| Bannockburn | 4 | 2 | 100% | $805,000 | $742,500 | 8.4% |
| Mettawa | 7 | 3 | 133.3% | $725,000 | $937,500 | -22.7% |
| Lake Bluff | 29 | 21 | 38.1% | $700,000 | $545,000 | 28.4% |
| Kildeer | 27 | 17 | 58.8% | $687,000 | $508,000 | 35.2% |
| Riverwoods | 11 | 9 | 22.2% | $650,000 | $748,000 | -13.1% |
| Green Oaks | 16 | 11 | 45.5% | $628,500 | $619,000 | 1.5% |
| Long Grove | 42 | 24 | 75% | $627,500 | $646,250 | -2.9% |
| Highland Park | 166 | 107 | 55.1% | $615,000 | $528,000 | 16.5% |
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