From July to September, 330 homes sold in Des Plaines for a median price of $219,500. That's 8.9 percent lower than median home sale prices for the third quarter of 2017.
In the third quarter, 20 homes in Des Plaines were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Des Plaines was $5,034.82 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2.1 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.2 percent, according to a 2017 property tax analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, ranking it second among U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Des Plaines real estate: Q3 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
198
$234,000
-
2010
189
$208,620
-10.8%
2011
189
$169,500
-18.8%
2012
319
$152,055
-10.3%
2013
380
$172,800
13.6%
2014
272
$198,750
15%
2015
384
$205,110
3.2%
2016
409
$210,000
2.4%
2017
348
$240,975
14.8%
2018
330
$219,500
-8.9%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$5,523.07
$234,000
2.4%
2010
$4,798.35
$208,620
2.3%
2011
$5,073.28
$169,500
3%
2012
$4,674.48
$152,055
3.1%
2013
$4,450.60
$172,800
2.6%
2014
$4,847.43
$198,750
2.4%
2015
$4,832.45
$205,110
2.4%
2016
$4,868.23
$210,000
2.3%
2017
$5,034.81
$240,975
2.1%
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