From July to September, 136 homes sold in Alton for a median price of $65,000. That's 9.9 percent higher than median home sale prices for the third quarter of 2017.
In the third quarter, there were no foreclosures in Alton.
Median property tax for homeowners in Alton was $1,752.28 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 3 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.
Alton real estate: Q3 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
122
$79,560
-
2010
91
$60,990
-23.3%
2011
96
$66,501
9%
2012
95
$51,121
-23.1%
2013
117
$58,320
14.1%
2014
127
$53,000
-9.1%
2015
121
$63,600
20%
2016
125
$59,325
-6.7%
2017
127
$59,160
-0.3%
2018
136
$65,000
9.9%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$1,613.24
$79,560
2%
2010
$1,490.84
$60,990
2.4%
2011
$1,536.95
$66,501
2.3%
2012
$1,270.24
$51,121
2.5%
2013
$1,514.16
$58,320
2.6%
2014
$1,384.44
$53,000
2.6%
2015
$1,888.41
$63,600
3%
2016
$1,958.50
$59,325
3.3%
2017
$1,752.27
$59,160
3%
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