From January through March of 2021, there were 16 homes sold, with a median sale price of $226,000 - a 61.4% increase over the $140,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 11 homes sold in Lowell in the first quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Lowell for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $1,488, approximately 0.7% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Lowell to other Gaston County cities with similar median sale prices in the first quarter of 2021:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAdenville | 3 | 2 | 50% | $335,000 | $216,000 | 55.1% |
| Ashebrook Park | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $280,500 | $166,000 | 69% |
| Belmont | 72 | 90 | -20% | $257,000 | $268,250 | -4.2% |
| Mount Holly | 76 | 54 | 40.7% | $250,750 | $213,500 | 17.4% |
| Lowell | 16 | 11 | 45.5% | $226,000 | $140,000 | 61.4% |
| Cramerton | 21 | 20 | 5% | $225,000 | $293,500 | -23.3% |
| Goshen Grove | 2 | 0 | - | $202,500 | $0 | - |
| Bessemer City | 42 | 38 | 10.5% | $178,500 | $122,750 | 45.4% |
| Stanley | 42 | 35 | 20% | $177,500 | $155,000 | 14.5% |
| Dallas | 53 | 49 | 8.2% | $175,000 | $142,000 | 23.2% |
| Gastonia | 399 | 344 | 16% | $175,000 | $160,500 | 9% |
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