The median sale price of a home sold in the first half of 2020 in Argenta rose by $10,800 while total sales increased by 16.7%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through June of 2020, there were seven homes sold, with a median sale price of $103,000 - a 11.7% increase over the $92,200 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were six homes sold in Argenta in the first half of 2019.
The median sales tax in Argenta for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,184, approximately 2.1% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2020.
The following table compares Argenta to other Macon County cities with similar median sales prices in the first half of 2020:
| City | Jan. - June 2020 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2020 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth | 27 | 37 | -27% | $201,500 | $229,500 | -12.2% |
| Long Creek | 33 | 14 | 135.7% | $164,900 | $176,500 | -6.6% |
| Maroa | 10 | 14 | -28.6% | $133,875 | $125,950 | 6.3% |
| Mount Zion | 48 | 48 | 0% | $133,750 | $133,500 | 0.2% |
| Harristown | 11 | 11 | 0% | $115,000 | $86,500 | 32.9% |
| Argenta | 7 | 6 | 16.7% | $103,000 | $92,200 | 11.7% |
| Warrensburg | 11 | 9 | 22.2% | $87,500 | $93,000 | -5.9% |
| Oreana | 5 | 13 | -61.5% | $82,000 | $120,000 | -31.7% |
| Macon | 13 | 15 | -13.3% | $77,000 | $57,500 | 33.9% |
| Niantic | 3 | 5 | -40% | $76,400 | $74,500 | 2.6% |
| Decatur | 536 | 527 | 1.7% | $67,950 | $64,000 | 6.2% |
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