From July through September of 2021, there were 28 homes sold, with a median sale price of $201,000 - a 12.3% increase over the $179,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 33 homes sold in Genoa in the third quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Genoa for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $4,863, approximately 2.4% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Genoa to other DeKalb County cities with similar median sale prices in the third quarter of 2021:
| City | July - Sept. 2021 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2021 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortland | 1 | 26 | -96.2% | $285,714 | $181,000 | 57.9% |
| Hinckley | 6 | 13 | -53.8% | $275,000 | $200,000 | 37.5% |
| Somonauk | 1 | 10 | -90% | $245,000 | $166,000 | 47.6% |
| Sycamore | 83 | 123 | -32.5% | $215,000 | $180,001 | 19.4% |
| Sandwich | 5 | 39 | -87.2% | $212,300 | $197,000 | 7.8% |
| Genoa | 28 | 33 | -15.2% | $201,000 | $179,000 | 12.3% |
| Kingston | 4 | 19 | -78.9% | $193,750 | $195,000 | -0.6% |
| Kirkland | 13 | 7 | 85.7% | $185,000 | $203,000 | -8.9% |
| DeKalb | 105 | 155 | -32.3% | $165,000 | $160,000 | 3.1% |
| Waterman | 1 | 13 | -92.3% | $165,000 | $205,000 | -19.5% |
| Malta | 3 | 7 | -57.1% | $105,000 | $165,000 | -36.4% |
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