From January through June, there were eight homes sold, with a median sale price of $158,000 - a nine percent increase over the $144,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were seven homes sold in Shabbona in the first half of 2021.
The median sales tax in Shabbona for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $4,022, approximately 2.5 percent of the median home sale price for the first half of 2022.
The following table compares Shabbona to other DeKalb County cities with similar median sale prices in the first half of 2022:
| City | January - June 2022 Home Sales | January - June 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | January - June 2022 Median Sales Price | January - June 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | 10 | 13 | -23.1 | $215,000 | $200,000 | 7.5 |
| Sycamore | 58 | 158 | -63.3 | $209,000 | $195,000 | 7.2 |
| Sandwich | 27 | 58 | -53.4 | $194,000 | $217,750 | -10.9 |
| Kirkland | 3 | 22 | -86.4 | $189,900 | $222,500 | -14.7 |
| Somonauk | 5 | 20 | -75 | $187,500 | $191,500 | -2.1 |
| Genoa | 19 | 46 | -58.7 | $187,000 | $192,500 | -2.9 |
| Cortland | 5 | 20 | -75 | $176,500 | $177,700 | -0.7 |
| DeKalb | 38 | 227 | -83.3 | $162,500 | $165,000 | -1.5 |
| Malta | 8 | 15 | -46.7 | $158,000 | $165,000 | -4.2 |
| Shabbona | 8 | 7 | 14.3 | $158,000 | $144,900 | 9 |
| Waterman | 15 | 19 | -21.1 | $139,000 | $165,000 | -15.8 |
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