From April to June, 25 homes sold in Forsyth for a median price of $243,500. That's 27.3 percent higher than median home sale prices for the second quarter of 2017.
In the second quarter, there were no foreclosures in Forsyth.
Median property tax for homeowners in Forsyth was $4,601.27 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.
Forsyth real estate: Q2 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
21
$210,015
-
2010
34
$230,280
9.6%
2011
26
$273,969
19%
2012
28
$227,265
-17%
2013
20
$225,990
-0.6%
2014
17
$182,320
-19.3%
2015
22
$230,550
26.5%
2016
29
$262,500
13.9%
2017
24
$191,250
-27.1%
2018
25
$243,500
27.3%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$4,449.36
$210,015
2.1%
2010
$4,156.64
$230,280
1.8%
2011
$5,895.78
$273,969
2.2%
2012
$4,476.08
$227,265
2%
2013
$4,178
$225,990
1.8%
2014
$4,052.71
$182,320
2.2%
2015
$4,921.16
$230,550
2.1%
2016
$6,216.27
$262,500
2.4%
2017
$4,601.27
$191,250
2.4%