From October through December of 2020, there were 21 homes sold, with a median sale price of $210,000 - a 2.9% decrease over the $216,200 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 26 homes sold in Forsyth in the fourth quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Forsyth for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $4,781, approximately 2.3% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Forsyth to other Macon County cities with similar median sale prices in the fourth quarter of 2020:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2020 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth | 21 | 26 | -19.2% | $210,000 | $216,200 | -2.9% |
| Long Creek | 16 | 16 | 0% | $165,000 | $145,000 | 13.8% |
| Oakley | 7 | 8 | -12.5% | $165,000 | $117,147.50 | 40.8% |
| Maroa | 6 | 10 | -40% | $150,500 | $70,150 | 114.5% |
| Mount Zion | 32 | 29 | 10.3% | $136,750 | $161,700 | -15.4% |
| Blue Mound | 11 | 8 | 37.5% | $134,000 | $80,000 | 67.5% |
| Warrensburg | 4 | 4 | 0% | $98,000 | $106,250 | -7.8% |
| Harristown | 8 | 3 | 166.7% | $93,500 | $146,595 | -36.2% |
| Niantic | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $89,600 | $101,000 | -11.3% |
| Argenta | 6 | 1 | 500% | $88,500 | $76,500 | 15.7% |
| Oreana | 6 | 5 | 20% | $79,200 | $154,000 | -48.6% |
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