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From April through June of 2019, there were 103 homes sold, with a median sale price of $285,000 - a 17.5% increase over the $242,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 102 homes sold in Forest Lake in the second quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Forest Lake for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $2,288, approximately 0.8% of the median home sale price for the second quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Forest Lake to other Washington County cities with similar median sales prices in the second quarter of 2019:
| City | Apr. - June 2019 Home Sales | Apr. - June 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Apr. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | Apr. - June 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood Village | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $363,974.99 | $350,000 | 4% |
| Lakeland Shores | 4 | 0 | - | $345,750 | $0 | - |
| Mahtomedi | 39 | 59 | -33.9% | $335,500 | $335,000 | 0.1% |
| Woodbury | 383 | 411 | -6.8% | $320,000 | $310,000 | 3.2% |
| Stillwater | 142 | 134 | 6% | $301,000 | $333,450 | -9.7% |
| Forest Lake | 103 | 102 | 1% | $285,000 | $242,500 | 17.5% |
| Lakeland | 10 | 6 | 66.7% | $280,000 | $270,500 | 3.5% |
| Marine on St. Croix | 10 | 2 | 400% | $277,500 | $253,643 | 9.4% |
| Cottage Grove | 208 | 194 | 7.2% | $266,750 | $255,000 | 4.6% |
| Lake St. Croix Beach | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $265,000 | $235,150 | 12.7% |
| Oakdale | 136 | 143 | -4.9% | $252,500 | $217,000 | 16.4% |
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