In October 2018, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $72,000 - a 48.6% decrease over the $140,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were six homes sold in Fairbury in October 2017.
The median sales tax in Fairbury for 2018 was $2,421. In 2017, the median sales tax was $2,451. 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 3.4%.
The following table compares Fairbury to other Livingston County cities in October 2018:
| City | Oct. 2018 Home Sales | Oct. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. 2018 Median Sales Price | Oct. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saunemin | 1 | 0 | - | $130,000 | $0 | - |
| Dwight | 8 | 4 | 100% | $127,500 | $133,500 | -4.5% |
| Forrest | 3 | 1 | 200% | $100,000 | $305,000 | -67.2% |
| Pontiac | 16 | 15 | 6.7% | $79,500 | $79,000 | 0.6% |
| Flanagan | 2 | 1 | 100% | $78,000 | $74,200 | 5.1% |
| Fairbury | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $72,000 | $140,000 | -48.6% |
| Odell | 3 | 0 | - | $45,000 | $0 | - |
| Cornell | 1 | 1 | 0% | $17,500 | $75,000 | -76.7% |
| Cullom | 4 | 2 | 100% | $5,000 | $30,000 | -83.3% |
| Chatsworth | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Streator | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
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