From July through December of 2019, there were 12 homes sold, with a median sale price of $60,000 - a 33.7% decrease over the $90,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 16 homes sold in Bement in the second half of 2018.
The median sales tax in Bement for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $1,817, approximately 3% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2019.
The following table compares Bement to other Piatt County cities in the second half of 2019:
| City | July - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello | 77 | 62 | 24.2% | $160,000 | $159,500 | 0.3% |
| White Heath | 2 | 4 | -50% | $135,000 | $114,250 | 18.2% |
| Mansfield | 9 | 5 | 80% | $97,000 | $115,000 | -15.7% |
| Cisco | 3 | 2 | 50% | $92,000 | $109,000 | -15.6% |
| LaPlace | 5 | 1 | 400% | $75,000 | $9,900 | 657.6% |
| Hammond | 6 | 3 | 100% | $67,500 | $71,750 | -5.9% |
| Bement | 12 | 16 | -25% | $60,000 | $90,500 | -33.7% |
| Cerro Gordo | 18 | 12 | 50% | $57,500 | $78,950 | -27.2% |
| Atwood | 9 | 12 | -25% | $42,475 | $54,700 | -22.3% |
| De Land | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $40,500 | $42,500 | -4.7% |
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