From July through September of 2021, there were 16 homes sold, with a median sale price of $176,200 - a 9.2% decrease over the $194,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 29 homes sold in Forsyth in the third quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Forsyth for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $4,781, approximately 2.7% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Forsyth to other Macon County cities with similar median sale prices in the third quarter of 2021:
| City | July - Sept. 2021 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2021 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley | 2 | 2 | 0% | $424,950 | $106,000 | 300.9% |
| Forsyth | 16 | 29 | -44.8% | $176,200 | $194,000 | -9.2% |
| Mount Zion | 14 | 34 | -58.8% | $174,250 | $127,000 | 37.2% |
| Harristown | 2 | 8 | -75% | $155,000 | $143,000 | 8.4% |
| Oreana | 2 | 5 | -60% | $147,500 | $81,000 | 82.1% |
| Argenta | 1 | 4 | -75% | $133,000 | $64,750 | 105.4% |
| Maroa | 3 | 6 | -50% | $130,000 | $110,450 | 17.7% |
| Long Creek | 12 | 15 | -20% | $119,900 | $160,000 | -25.1% |
| Niantic | 5 | 7 | -28.6% | $110,000 | $97,500 | 12.8% |
| Blue Mound | 3 | 12 | -75% | $103,500 | $115,000 | -10% |
| Warrensburg | 8 | 6 | 33.3% | $94,650 | $126,250 | -25% |
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