From July through September of 2021, there were 20 homes sold, with a median sale price of $250,000 - a 1.4% increase over the $246,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in Newport in the third quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Newport for the most recent year with available data, 2020, was $3,373, approximately 1.3% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Newport to other Washington County cities with similar median sale prices in the third quarter of 2021:
| City | July - Sept. 2021 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2021 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove | 163 | 101 | 61.4% | $345,000 | $310,000 | 11.3% |
| St. Marys Point | 3 | 1 | 200% | $345,000 | $450,000 | -23.3% |
| Forest Lake | 79 | 70 | 12.9% | $338,597.03 | $297,000 | 14% |
| Bayport | 8 | 10 | -20% | $329,950 | $458,997.50 | -28.1% |
| Lake St. Croix Beach | 6 | 6 | 0% | $297,500 | $270,500 | 10% |
| Oak Park Heights | 14 | 14 | 0% | $295,450 | $215,250 | 37.3% |
| Oakdale | 139 | 99 | 40.4% | $285,000 | $274,000 | 4% |
| St. Paul Park | 29 | 15 | 93.3% | $280,000 | $241,500 | 15.9% |
| Willernie | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $277,500 | $210,000 | 32.1% |
| Hugo | 78 | 66 | 18.2% | $267,477.50 | $239,500 | 11.7% |
| Newport | 20 | 8 | 150% | $250,000 | $246,500 | 1.4% |
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