From January through March of 2022, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $215,000 - a 34.4% increase over the $160,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were two homes sold in Malta in the first quarter of 2021.
The median sales tax in Malta for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $4,583, approximately 2.1% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2022.
The following table compares Malta to other DeKalb County cities in the first quarter of 2022:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2022 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2022 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Park | 1 | 4 | -75% | $240,000 | $387,924 | -38.1% |
| Malta | 3 | 2 | 50% | $215,000 | $160,000 | 34.4% |
| Hinckley | 5 | 21 | -76.2% | $189,000 | $182,000 | 3.8% |
| Sycamore | 10 | 66 | -84.8% | $187,751.42 | $170,000 | 10.4% |
| Genoa | 3 | 14 | -78.6% | $166,500 | $187,400 | -11.2% |
| Shabbona | 1 | 2 | -50% | $157,000 | $226,750 | -30.8% |
| Waterman | 1 | 8 | -87.5% | $156,000 | $154,200 | 1.2% |
| Sandwich | 6 | 22 | -72.7% | $154,000 | $184,200 | -16.4% |
| Somonauk | 4 | 9 | -55.6% | $150,550 | $176,000 | -14.5% |
| Cortland | 3 | 12 | -75% | $147,000 | $155,982.50 | -5.8% |
| DeKalb | 16 | 90 | -82.2% | $126,500 | $155,500 | -18.6% |
| Kirkland | 0 | 8 | -100% | $0 | $182,450 | -100% |
| Kingston | 0 | 4 | -100% | $0 | $210,450 | -100% |
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