From July through September of 2017, there were 228 homes sold, with a median sale price of $218,500 - a 12.6% decrease over the $249,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 247 homes sold in Bettendorf in the third quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Bettendorf for 2017 was $3,516. In 2016, the median sales tax was $3,188. This marks an increase of 10.3%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.6%.
The following table compares Bettendorf to other Scott County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2017:
| City | July - Sept. 2017 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2017 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Claire | 35 | 46 | -23.9% | $269,000 | $252,000 | 6.7% |
| Eldridge | 23 | 44 | -47.7% | $255,000 | $269,250 | -5.3% |
| Riverdale | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $244,500 | $248,000 | -1.4% |
| Blue Grass | 6 | 15 | -60% | $222,450 | $192,000 | 15.9% |
| Bettendorf | 228 | 247 | -7.7% | $218,500 | $249,900 | -12.6% |
| Long Grove | 9 | 6 | 50% | $218,000 | $230,750 | -5.5% |
| Park View | 13 | 9 | 44.4% | $198,500 | $194,000 | 2.3% |
| Walcott | 11 | 3 | 266.7% | $198,000 | $191,999 | 3.1% |
| McCausland | 2 | 1 | 100% | $187,950 | $60,000 | 213.3% |
| Princeton | 6 | 7 | -14.3% | $152,990 | $160,000 | -4.4% |
| Buffalo | 6 | 2 | 200% | $72,150.50 | $122,000 | -40.9% |
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