From October through December of 2019, there were nine homes sold, with a median sale price of $148,000 - a 21.6% increase over the $121,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 104 homes sold in Ottawa in the fourth quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Ottawa for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,169, approximately 2.1% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Ottawa to other LaSalle County cities in the fourth quarter of 2019:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marseilles | 5 | 36 | -86.1% | $270,000 | $96,000 | 181.3% |
| Sheridan | 3 | 14 | -78.6% | $225,000 | $197,500 | 13.9% |
| Lake Holiday | 2 | 35 | -94.3% | $173,750 | $193,000 | -10% |
| Ottawa | 9 | 104 | -91.3% | $148,000 | $121,750 | 21.6% |
| Mendota | 4 | 28 | -85.7% | $128,750 | $99,450 | 29.5% |
| Earlville | 1 | 16 | -93.8% | $70,000 | $131,600 | -46.8% |
| Streator | 6 | 72 | -91.7% | $67,500 | $39,500 | 70.9% |
| Oglesby | 1 | 19 | -94.7% | $62,000 | $69,900 | -11.3% |
| LaSalle | 2 | 38 | -94.7% | $58,500 | $54,000 | 8.3% |
| Leland | 1 | 8 | -87.5% | $55,000 | $100,000 | -45% |
| Grand Ridge | 0 | 5 | -100% | $0 | $132,500 | -100% |
| Millington | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $246,250 | -100% |
| Sandwich | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $241,500 | -100% |
| Cedar Point | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $70,500 | -100% |
| Somonauk | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $170,000 | -100% |
| Seneca | 0 | 16 | -100% | $0 | $177,500 | -100% |
| North Utica | 0 | 4 | -100% | $0 | $131,500 | -100% |
| Dayton | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $50,000 | -100% |
| Rutland | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $51,037.50 | -100% |
| Ransom | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Serena | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $265,000 | -100% |
| Lostant | 0 | 4 | -100% | $0 | $44,950 | -100% |
| Tonica | 0 | 6 | -100% | $0 | $69,950 | -100% |
| Peru | 0 | 35 | -100% | $0 | $87,700 | -100% |
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