From July through December of 2017, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $40,000 - a 32.2% decrease over the $59,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were five homes sold in Saybrook in the second half of 2016, as well.
The median sales tax in Saybrook for 2017 was $1,458. In 2016, the median sales tax was $1,477. This marks an decrease of 1.2%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 3.6%.
The following table compares Saybrook to other McLean County cities with similar median sales prices in the second half of 2017:
| City | July - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colfax | 7 | 9 | -22.2% | $128,490 | $30,000 | 328.3% |
| Gridley | 12 | 9 | 33.3% | $127,900 | $125,500 | 1.9% |
| Le Roy | 33 | 44 | -25% | $106,000 | $103,500 | 2.4% |
| Carlock | 3 | 3 | 0% | $100,000 | $75,000 | 33.3% |
| McLean | 10 | 11 | -9.1% | $97,750 | $103,900 | -5.9% |
| Arrowsmith | 3 | 4 | -25% | $90,000 | $114,250 | -21.2% |
| Anchor | 1 | 1 | 0% | $83,500 | $35,000 | 138.6% |
| Bellflower | 5 | 4 | 25% | $80,000 | $79,500 | 0.6% |
| Chenoa | 8 | 11 | -27.3% | $78,850 | $75,000 | 5.1% |
| Saybrook | 5 | 5 | 0% | $40,000 | $59,000 | -32.2% |
| Stanford | 5 | 8 | -37.5% | $39,500 | $13,500 | 192.6% |
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