In January 2019, there were four homes sold, with a median sale price of $112,500 - a 61.8% decrease over the $294,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were four homes sold in Newark in January 2018, as well.
The median sales tax in Newark for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $5,305, approximately 4.7% of the median home sale price for January 2019.
The following table compares Newark to other Kendall County cities in January 2019:
| City | Jan. 2019 Home Sales | Jan. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 3 | 1 | 200% | $278,000 | $177,000 | 57.1% |
| Millbrook | 1 | 2 | -50% | $275,000 | $354,000 | -22.3% |
| Aurora | 4 | 10 | -60% | $270,000 | $205,000 | 31.7% |
| Joliet | 11 | 9 | 22.2% | $250,000 | $240,000 | 4.2% |
| Oswego | 45 | 42 | 7.1% | $232,000 | $226,500 | 2.4% |
| Montgomery | 11 | 23 | -52.2% | $225,000 | $220,000 | 2.3% |
| Yorkville | 19 | 22 | -13.6% | $217,000 | $245,000 | -11.4% |
| Boulder Hill | 14 | 9 | 55.6% | $162,750 | $189,000 | -13.9% |
| Plano | 19 | 15 | 26.7% | $147,000 | $144,000 | 2.1% |
| Newark | 4 | 4 | 0% | $112,500 | $294,500 | -61.8% |
| Plainfield | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $226,500 | -100% |
| Sandwich | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $175,000 | -100% |
| Lisbon | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $170,000 | -100% |
| Minooka | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $245,000 | -100% |
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