To truly increase, real estate values must grow faster than inflation plus an owner's effective property tax rate - an average appreciation of about 4.4 percent in Illinois.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index, the U.S. dollar has experienced an average inflation rate of 2.12 percent annually since 2000.
The average effective property tax rate in Illinois was 2.32 percent in 2018, according to the website WalletHub.com.
Here's how Mascoutah home prices have performed since 2008.
Mascoutah historical median home sales
Year
Properties sold (#)
Median sale price (nominal)
Median sale price (real)
Year-over-year change (real)
2008
170
$414,000
$484,380
-
2009
200
$153,000
$179,010
-63%
2010
202
$147,500
$168,150
-6.1%
2011
159
$143,000
$161,590
-3.9%
2012
146
$137,250
$149,602.50
-7.4%
2013
159
$152,000
$164,160
9.7%
2014
165
$135,500
$143,630
-12.5%
2015
187
$154,000
$163,240
13.7%
2016
166
$157,000
$164,850
1%
2017
168
$166,500
$169,830
3%
2018
187
$166,000
$166,000
-2.3%
Total change in price
-65.7%
Where sale prices were unavailable, the home's assessed value was substituted.
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