From October through December of 2018, there were 37 homes sold, with a median sale price of $260,000 - a 23.8% increase over the $210,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 19 homes sold in Watertown in the fourth quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Watertown for 2018 was $2,886. In 2017, the median sales tax was $2,799. This marks an increase of 3.1%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.1%.
The following table compares Watertown to other Carver County cities in the fourth quarter of 2018:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanhassen | 109 | 87 | 25.3% | $395,000 | $300,000 | 31.7% |
| Victoria | 31 | 29 | 6.9% | $385,000 | $315,000 | 22.2% |
| Carver | 24 | 18 | 33.3% | $290,250 | $332,450 | -12.7% |
| Cologne | 14 | 12 | 16.7% | $269,950 | $228,500 | 18.1% |
| Mayer | 12 | 12 | 0% | $267,500 | $254,900 | 4.9% |
| Watertown | 37 | 19 | 94.7% | $260,000 | $210,000 | 23.8% |
| Waconia | 68 | 56 | 21.4% | $252,367.50 | $254,000 | -0.6% |
| Chaska | 99 | 88 | 12.5% | $252,350 | $254,500 | -0.8% |
| Norwood Young America | 19 | 19 | 0% | $199,000 | $210,000 | -5.2% |
| New Germany | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $177,500 | $177,000 | 0.3% |
| Hamburg | 3 | 2 | 50% | $154,999 | $234,000 | -33.8% |
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