From July through September of 2019, there were 322 homes sold, with a median sale price of $63,900 - a 6.7% decrease over the $68,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 209 homes sold in Lorain in the third quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Lorain for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $1,358, approximately 2.1% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Lorain to other Lorain County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2019:
| City | July - Sept. 2019 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood Lake | 3 | 1 | 200% | $142,500 | $118,500 | 20.3% |
| Sheffield Lake | 59 | 44 | 34.1% | $124,000 | $108,950 | 13.8% |
| South Amherst | 10 | 5 | 100% | $120,250 | $160,000 | -24.8% |
| Laporte | 2 | 0 | - | $116,250 | $0 | - |
| Pheasant Run | 13 | 5 | 160% | $105,000 | $61,800 | 69.9% |
| Elyria | 302 | 202 | 49.5% | $99,950 | $87,750 | 13.9% |
| Eaton Estates | 7 | 9 | -22.2% | $89,900 | $98,000 | -8.3% |
| Lorain | 322 | 209 | 54.1% | $63,900 | $68,500 | -6.7% |
| Coonville | 1 | 2 | -50% | $59,100 | $115,000 | -48.6% |
| Penfield Junction | 2 | 1 | 100% | $48,326 | $69,000 | -30% |
| Vincent | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $7,500 | $60,800 | -87.7% |
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