From July through September of 2017, there were 159 homes sold, with a median sale price of $200,000 - a 17.4% decrease over the $242,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 91 homes sold in Westlake in the third quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Westlake for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $5,148, approximately 2.6% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2017.
The following table compares Westlake to other Cuyahoga County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2017:
City | July - Sept. 2017 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2017 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
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Mayfield | 19 | 20 | -5% | $224,000 | $178,500 | 25.5% |
Olmsted Township | 45 | 49 | -8.2% | $216,000 | $186,000 | 16.1% |
Independence | 23 | 25 | -8% | $213,500 | $215,000 | -0.7% |
Rocky River | 125 | 88 | 42% | $212,000 | $202,500 | 4.7% |
Broadview Heights | 82 | 74 | 10.8% | $209,000 | $195,000 | 7.2% |
Westlake | 159 | 91 | 74.7% | $200,000 | $242,000 | -17.4% |
Brecksville | 74 | 58 | 27.6% | $200,000 | $280,359 | -28.7% |
Strongsville | 218 | 187 | 16.6% | $190,500 | $185,000 | 3% |
Shaker Heights | 190 | 117 | 62.4% | $180,000 | $189,400 | -5% |
Seven Hills | 61 | 46 | 32.6% | $169,000 | $165,500 | 2.1% |
North Royalton | 131 | 98 | 33.7% | $168,000 | $179,250 | -6.3% |