From July through December of 2017, there were 93 homes sold, with a median sale price of $220,000 - a 15.1% increase over the $191,200 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 104 homes sold in Belle Plaine in the second half of 2016.
The median sales tax in Belle Plaine for 2017 was $2,883. In 2016, the median sales tax was $2,817. This marks an increase of 2.3%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.3%.
The following table compares Belle Plaine to other Scott County cities 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elko New Market | 45 | 53 | -15.1% | $300,000 | $297,000 | 1% |
| Prior Lake | 252 | 262 | -3.8% | $279,950 | $293,056 | -4.5% |
| Savage | 277 | 264 | 4.9% | $267,000 | $256,000 | 4.3% |
| Jordan | 73 | 57 | 28.1% | $247,500 | $240,900 | 2.7% |
| Shakopee | 384 | 341 | 12.6% | $222,000 | $225,850 | -1.7% |
| Belle Plaine | 93 | 104 | -10.6% | $220,000 | $191,200 | 15.1% |
| New Prague | 51 | 47 | 8.5% | $214,900 | $226,400 | -5.1% |
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