In October 2020, there were eight homes sold, with a median sale price of $193,000 - a 21.4% decrease over the $245,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were two homes sold in Forsyth in October 2019.
The median sales tax in Forsyth for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $4,781, approximately 2.5% of the median home sale price for October 2020.
The following table compares Forsyth to other Macon County cities with similar median sale prices in October 2020:
| City | Oct. 2020 Home Sales | Oct. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. 2020 Median Sales Price | Oct. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth | 8 | 2 | 300% | $193,000 | $245,500 | -21.4% |
| Oakley | 3 | 1 | 200% | $157,000 | $107,500 | 46% |
| Blue Mound | 3 | 3 | 0% | $145,000 | $110,000 | 31.8% |
| Mount Zion | 17 | 10 | 70% | $140,000 | $136,750 | 2.4% |
| Long Creek | 6 | 9 | -33.3% | $117,500 | $153,000 | -23.2% |
| Oreana | 2 | 1 | 100% | $117,450 | $154,000 | -23.7% |
| Niantic | 2 | 2 | 0% | $101,300 | $79,388.50 | 27.6% |
| Maroa | 2 | 5 | -60% | $99,750 | $40,000 | 149.4% |
| Argenta | 3 | 1 | 200% | $90,000 | $76,500 | 17.6% |
| Warrensburg | 3 | 0 | - | $86,000 | $0 | - |
| Decatur | 128 | 136 | -5.9% | $71,750 | $60,000 | 19.6% |
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