Carol Stream home prices fall in the first quarter of 2020
The median sale price of a home sold in the first quarter of 2020 in Carol Stream fell by $16,500 while total sales increased by 15.9%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through March of 2020, there were 95 homes sold, with a median sale price of $221,000 - a 6.9% decrease over the $237,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 82 homes sold in Carol Stream in the first quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Carol Stream for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $6,497, approximately 2.9% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Carol Stream to other DuPage County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2020:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowbrook | 41 | 20 | 105% | $235,000 | $186,250 | 26.2% |
| Villa Park | 58 | 43 | 34.9% | $233,500 | $233,000 | 0.2% |
| Oakbrook Terrace | 3 | 1 | 200% | $231,000 | $200,000 | 15.5% |
| Addison | 100 | 53 | 88.7% | $226,500 | $220,000 | 3% |
| West Chicago | 49 | 40 | 22.5% | $225,000 | $221,000 | 1.8% |
| Carol Stream | 95 | 82 | 15.9% | $221,000 | $237,500 | -6.9% |
| Roselle | 54 | 37 | 45.9% | $215,000 | $248,500 | -13.5% |
| Warrenville | 51 | 39 | 30.8% | $205,000 | $195,000 | 5.1% |
| St. Charles | 3 | 3 | 0% | $203,500 | $205,000 | -0.7% |
| Aurora | 159 | 129 | 23.3% | $200,000 | $192,500 | 3.9% |
| Hanover Park | 59 | 54 | 9.3% | $200,000 | $188,000 | 6.4% |