From July through December of 2018, there were nine homes sold, with a median sale price of $50,000 - a 35.8% decrease over the $77,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were four homes sold in Ursa in the second half of 2017.
The median sales tax in Ursa for 2018 was $1,977. In 2017, the median sales tax was $1,929. This marks an increase of 2.5%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 4%.
The following table compares Ursa to other Adams County cities in the second half of 2018:
| City | July - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $105,000 | $120,250 | -12.7% |
| Quincy | 434 | 449 | -3.3% | $102,450 | $96,000 | 6.7% |
| Camp Point | 14 | 11 | 27.3% | $92,500 | $60,000 | 54.2% |
| Golden | 7 | 6 | 16.7% | $89,000 | $38,000 | 134.2% |
| Payson | 6 | 14 | -57.1% | $84,750 | $81,500 | 4% |
| Mendon | 8 | 11 | -27.3% | $81,000 | $86,000 | -5.8% |
| Clayton | 10 | 11 | -9.1% | $59,000 | $49,450 | 19.3% |
| Ursa | 9 | 4 | 125% | $50,000 | $77,900 | -35.8% |
| Loraine | 5 | 2 | 150% | $32,000 | $84,600 | -62.2% |
| Plainville | 1 | 2 | -50% | $16,000 | $75,450 | -78.8% |
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