From October through December of 2017, there were 86 homes sold, with a median sale price of $222,750 - a 3.1% decrease over the $229,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 83 homes sold in Forest Lake in the fourth quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Forest Lake for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $2,288, approximately 1% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2017.
The following table compares Forest Lake to other Washington County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2017:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahtomedi | 23 | 24 | -4.2% | $297,000 | $250,500 | 18.6% |
| Woodbury | 256 | 223 | 14.8% | $289,025 | $278,500 | 3.8% |
| Willernie | 4 | 2 | 100% | $263,950 | $227,202 | 16.2% |
| St. Marys Point | 1 | 1 | 0% | $255,000 | $1,286,000 | -80.2% |
| Cottage Grove | 117 | 137 | -14.6% | $236,000 | $236,000 | 0% |
| Forest Lake | 86 | 83 | 3.6% | $222,750 | $229,900 | -3.1% |
| Oakdale | 105 | 105 | 0% | $210,900 | $190,000 | 11% |
| Hugo | 74 | 59 | 25.4% | $199,949.50 | $185,000 | 8.1% |
| St. Paul Park | 22 | 15 | 46.7% | $194,750 | $177,000 | 10% |
| Marine on St. Croix | 2 | 2 | 0% | $190,300 | $128,000 | 48.7% |
| Oak Park Heights | 24 | 16 | 50% | $187,000 | $171,000 | 9.4% |
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