From July through September of 2019, there were two homes sold, with a median sale price of $108,000 - a 142.7% increase over the $44,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were six homes sold in Lostant in the third quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Lostant for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,170, approximately 2% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Lostant to other LaSalle County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2019:
| City | July - Sept. 2019 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutland | 1 | 0 | - | $129,000 | $0 | - |
| Ottawa | 98 | 94 | 4.3% | $128,690.50 | $126,475 | 1.8% |
| Peru | 54 | 49 | 10.2% | $120,000 | $105,000 | 14.3% |
| Marseilles | 40 | 34 | 17.6% | $117,500 | $100,269 | 17.2% |
| Mendota | 41 | 27 | 51.9% | $115,000 | $118,500 | -3% |
| Lostant | 2 | 6 | -66.7% | $108,000 | $44,500 | 142.7% |
| Grand Ridge | 4 | 4 | 0% | $102,750 | $42,500 | 141.8% |
| Earlville | 16 | 8 | 100% | $98,750 | $84,850 | 16.4% |
| Cedar Point | 3 | 0 | - | $85,000 | $0 | - |
| LaSalle | 42 | 38 | 10.5% | $84,500 | $61,000 | 38.5% |
| Oglesby | 16 | 18 | -11.1% | $81,500 | $87,500 | -6.9% |
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