From July through December of 2020, there were 11 homes sold, with a median sale price of $139,500 - a 1.9% decrease over the $142,250 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 18 homes sold in Malta in the second half of 2019.
The median sales tax in Malta for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $4,583, approximately 3.3% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2020.
The following table compares Malta to other DeKalb County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2020:
| City | July - Dec. 2020 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinckley | 25 | 26 | -3.8% | $215,000 | $175,750 | 22.3% |
| Waterman | 18 | 18 | 0% | $213,000 | $178,500 | 19.3% |
| Sycamore | 223 | 222 | 0.5% | $208,000 | $181,922 | 14.3% |
| Sandwich | 84 | 91 | -7.7% | $203,000 | $166,175 | 22.2% |
| Kirkland | 18 | 22 | -18.2% | $201,500 | $132,105 | 52.5% |
| Somonauk | 20 | 24 | -16.7% | $199,950 | $165,250 | 21% |
| Genoa | 62 | 52 | 19.2% | $191,500 | $181,000 | 5.8% |
| Cortland | 48 | 39 | 23.1% | $181,000 | $168,000 | 7.7% |
| DeKalb | 301 | 277 | 8.7% | $159,900 | $140,000 | 14.2% |
| Shabbona | 16 | 11 | 45.5% | $147,250 | $152,000 | -3.1% |
| Malta | 11 | 18 | -38.9% | $139,500 | $142,250 | -1.9% |
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