From January through March of 2020, there were nine homes sold, with a median sale price of $115,000 - a 2.1% decrease over the $117,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were seven homes sold in Fairbury in the first quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Fairbury for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $2,242, approximately 1.9% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Fairbury to other Livingston County cities in the first quarter of 2020:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanagan | 3 | 4 | -25% | $120,000 | $126,750 | -5.3% |
| Fairbury | 9 | 7 | 28.6% | $115,000 | $117,500 | -2.1% |
| Odell | 3 | 5 | -40% | $90,000 | $115,500 | -22.1% |
| Forrest | 5 | 4 | 25% | $82,500 | $52,100 | 58.3% |
| Cornell | 2 | 0 | - | $74,950 | $0 | - |
| Dwight | 13 | 11 | 18.2% | $73,200 | $149,900 | -51.2% |
| Pontiac | 26 | 18 | 44.4% | $70,000 | $78,500 | -10.8% |
| Cullom | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $57,000 | $131,900 | -56.8% |
| Saunemin | 1 | 1 | 0% | $45,000 | $55,000 | -18.2% |
| Chatsworth | 1 | 2 | -50% | $22,000 | $62,500 | -64.8% |
| Streator | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $41,500 | -100% |
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