From July through September of 2017, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $183,000 - a 14.7% increase over the $159,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were two homes sold in Bedford Park in the third quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Bedford Park for 2017 was $5,438.10. In 2016, the median sales tax was $5,257.10. This marks an increase of 3.4%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 3%.
The following table compares Bedford Park to other Cook 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Hills | 45 | 62 | -27.4% | $187,000 | $205,500 | -9% |
| Streamwood | 252 | 230 | 9.6% | $187,000 | $170,000 | 10% |
| Melrose Park | 91 | 76 | 19.7% | $185,000 | $174,000 | 6.3% |
| Evergreen Park | 80 | 106 | -24.5% | $183,750 | $170,000 | 8.1% |
| Olympia Fields | 34 | 25 | 36% | $183,500 | $160,000 | 14.7% |
| Bedford Park | 5 | 2 | 150% | $183,000 | $159,500 | 14.7% |
| Oak Forest | 122 | 144 | -15.3% | $182,250 | $165,000 | 10.5% |
| Wheeling | 166 | 167 | -0.6% | $181,750 | $177,500 | 2.4% |
| Oak Lawn | 285 | 296 | -3.7% | $180,000 | $166,750 | 7.9% |
| Hanover Park | 82 | 78 | 5.1% | $180,000 | $190,500 | -5.5% |
| Northlake | 49 | 40 | 22.5% | $177,510 | $161,000 | 10.3% |
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