From October to December, 138 homes sold in Skokie for a median price of $260,000. That's 9 percent lower than median home sale prices for the fourth quarter of 2017.
In the fourth quarter, 9 homes in Skokie were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Skokie was $6,872.11 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2.4 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.
Skokie real estate: Q4 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
163
$286,650
-
2010
123
$250,230
-12.7%
2011
159
$220,350
-11.9%
2012
218
$218,000
-1.1%
2013
268
$238,140
9.2%
2014
251
$286,200
20.2%
2015
221
$265,000
-7.4%
2016
212
$283,500
7%
2017
197
$285,600
0.7%
2018
138
$260,000
-9%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$7,059.48
$286,650
2.5%
2010
$6,318.38
$250,230
2.5%
2011
$6,023.37
$220,350
2.7%
2012
$6,239.63
$218,000
2.9%
2013
$5,821.49
$238,140
2.4%
2014
$6,132.67
$286,200
2.1%
2015
$6,120.90
$265,000
2.3%
2016
$6,461.02
$283,500
2.3%
2017
$6,872.10
$285,600
2.4%
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