From October through December of 2017, there were 11 homes sold, with a median sale price of $469,000 - a 25.3% decrease over the $628,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were seven homes sold in Ashton-Sandy Spring in the fourth quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Ashton-Sandy Spring for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $6,374, approximately 1.4% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2017.
The following table compares Ashton-Sandy Spring to other Montgomery County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2017:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickerson | 3 | 2 | 50% | $585,000 | $157,500 | 271.4% |
| Washington Grove | 1 | 0 | - | $545,000 | $0 | - |
| Rockville | 142 | 102 | 39.2% | $496,000 | $538,000 | -7.8% |
| Olney | 82 | 66 | 24.2% | $484,995 | $476,900 | 1.7% |
| Takoma Park | 29 | 18 | 61.1% | $480,000 | $497,500 | -3.5% |
| Ashton-Sandy Spring | 11 | 7 | 57.1% | $469,000 | $628,000 | -25.3% |
| Silver Spring | 128 | 105 | 21.9% | $463,750 | $500,000 | -7.3% |
| Brinklow | 1 | 2 | -50% | $460,000 | $503,500 | -8.6% |
| Derwood | 39 | 24 | 62.5% | $460,000 | $423,500 | 8.6% |
| Gaithersburg | 150 | 139 | 7.9% | $452,750 | $420,000 | 7.8% |
| Forest Glen | 13 | 21 | -38.1% | $446,000 | $400,000 | 11.5% |
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