Newly released data from Realtor.com for February shows that potential buyers and sellers in Fond du Lac County saw higher home sale prices than the previous month’s median of $225,000.
The median home sold for $242,500, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. That means February, the most recent month for which figures are available, was up 7.8% from January.
Compared to February 2024, the median home sales price was up 5.4% compared to $230,000.
Realtor.com sources sales data from real estate deeds, resulting in a few months’ delay in the data. The statistics don’t include homes currently listed for sale and aren’t directly comparable to listings data.
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Here is a breakdown on median sale prices:
About recorded home sales in Fond du Lac County in Wisconsin
In February, the number of recorded sales in Fond du Lac County rose by 17.9% since February 2024 — from 67 to 79. All residential home sales totaled $20.2 million.
Across Wisconsin, homes sold at a median of $270,550 during February, up 1.3% from $266,979 in January. There were 4,203 recorded sales across the state during February, up 1% from 4,163 recorded sales in February 2024.
Here’s a breakdown for the full state:
The median home sales price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. The median offers a more accurate view of what’s happening in a market than the average sales price, which would mean taking the sum of all sales prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high sale.
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