From January to March, 21 homes sold in East St. Louis for a median price of $13,000. That's 6.2 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, there were no foreclosures in East St. Louis.
Median property tax for homeowners in East St. Louis was $1,360.63 in 2016 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 5.3 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.22 percent, according to a recent analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, which is the second-highest rate in the country, just behind New Jersey, where homeowners pay a tax rate of 2.28 percent.
East St. Louis real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
29
$28,080
-
2010
18
$10,545
-62.4%
2011
19
$13,560
28.6%
2012
17
$7,630
-43.7%
2013
17
$5,400
-29.2%
2014
25
$6,890
27.6%
2015
21
$15,900
130.8%
2016
19
$25,725
61.8%
2017
15
$12,240
-52.4%
2018
21
$13,000
6.2%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2012
$947.05
$7,630
12.4%
2013
$1,787.91
$5,400
33.1%
2014
$1,065.17
$6,890
15.5%
2015
$1,273.06
$15,900
8%
2016
$1,360.63
$25,725
5.3%
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