From January through March of 2017, there were two homes sold, with a median sale price of $206,000 - a 14.3% decrease over the $240,492 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were seven homes sold in Augusta in the first quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Augusta for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $2,838, approximately 1.4% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2017.
The following table compares Augusta to other St. Charles County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2017:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dardenne Prairie | 46 | 41 | 12.2% | $242,950 | $268,000 | -9.3% |
| Foristell | 7 | 9 | -22.2% | $234,900 | $175,000 | 34.2% |
| Lake St. Louis | 64 | 67 | -4.5% | $229,000 | $205,000 | 11.7% |
| Weldon Spring | 101 | 98 | 3.1% | $217,500 | $192,500 | 13% |
| Wentzville | 130 | 114 | 14% | $207,950 | $186,000 | 11.8% |
| Augusta | 2 | 7 | -71.4% | $206,000 | $240,492 | -14.3% |
| O'Fallon | 273 | 236 | 15.7% | $178,000 | $184,250 | -3.4% |
| St. Peters | 273 | 263 | 3.8% | $168,000 | $160,000 | 5% |
| Defiance | 2 | 7 | -71.4% | $165,000 | $425,000 | -61.2% |
| St. Paul | 6 | 8 | -25% | $162,700 | $165,500 | -1.7% |
| St. Charles | 239 | 251 | -4.8% | $155,000 | $145,000 | 6.9% |
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