In April, there were 21 homes sold, with a median sale price of $300,000 - a 1.1 percent increase over the $296,800 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 38 homes sold in DeForest in April 2021.
The median sales tax in DeForest for the most recent year with available data, 2020, was $5,388, approximately 1.8 percent of the median home sale price for April.
The following table compares DeForest to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in April:
| City | April 2022 Home Sales | April 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | April 2022 Median Sales Price | April 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison | 465 | 520 | -10.6 | $335,000 | $306,737 | 9.2 |
| Middleton | 25 | 33 | -24.2 | $324,600 | $359,100 | -9.6 |
| Belleville | 2 | 1 | 100 | $322,500 | $184,000 | 75.3 |
| Cottage Grove | 15 | 11 | 36.4 | $315,000 | $350,000 | -10 |
| Verona | 32 | 28 | 14.3 | $313,400 | $320,000 | -2.1 |
| DeForest | 21 | 38 | -44.7 | $300,000 | $296,800 | 1.1 |
| Marshall | 7 | 10 | -30 | $287,000 | $222,175 | 29.2 |
| Cambridge | 3 | 5 | -40 | $285,700 | $347,700 | -17.8 |
| Stoughton | 24 | 28 | -14.3 | $282,000 | $244,050 | 15.6 |
| Cross Plains | 9 | 5 | 80 | $255,000 | $402,000 | -36.6 |
| Mazomanie | 3 | 7 | -57.1 | $233,000 | $114,000 | 104.4 |
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