In March 2019, there were six homes sold, with a median sale price of $282,500 - a 18.1% increase over the $239,250 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in Fairfax in March 2018.
The median sales tax in Fairfax for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,172, approximately 1.1% of the median home sale price for March 2019.
The following table compares Fairfax to other Linn County cities with similar median sales prices in March 2019:
| City | Mar. 2019 Home Sales | Mar. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robins | 2 | 1 | 100% | $427,000 | $358,000 | 19.3% |
| Ely | 4 | 5 | -20% | $296,500 | $242,000 | 22.5% |
| Fairfax | 6 | 8 | -25% | $282,500 | $239,250 | 18.1% |
| Palo | 1 | 6 | -83.3% | $269,000 | $192,000 | 40.1% |
| Hiawatha | 4 | 11 | -63.6% | $221,750 | $160,000 | 38.6% |
| Mount Vernon | 4 | 4 | 0% | $186,000 | $175,000 | 6.3% |
| Center Point | 3 | 3 | 0% | $169,000 | $192,000 | -12% |
| Marion | 61 | 74 | -17.6% | $168,000 | $158,500 | 6% |
| Lisbon | 8 | 2 | 300% | $141,000 | $116,500 | 21% |
| Cedar Rapids | 187 | 224 | -16.5% | $136,600 | $127,890 | 6.8% |
| Springville | 2 | 1 | 100% | $126,750 | $114,500 | 10.7% |
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