The median sale price of Chicago houses in the third quarter was the highest since third quarter 2008. It was also the first time since then that the median sale price rose above $200,000.* The median sale price was $204,000, rising 13.3% from a year ago when it was $180,000. Back in third quarter 2008 […]

The median sale price of listed houses in Chicago in the second quarter was up 9.8%.* The median sale price was $185,500. The average sale price as a percent of original sale price for homes with no price changes was 97.7% up from 97.0%. The average sale price as a percent of original sale price […]

The number of listed houses for sale in the 1st quarter was down 15.1% from 1st quarter 2013.* There were 7,637 Chicago houses for sale compared with 8,997 a year earlier. The percent of distressed sales (short sales and foreclosures) dropped from 42% of the inventory to 34%. In February I wrote about how the […]

The number of listed houses for sale in the 4th quarter was down 11.5% from 4th quarter 2012.* There were 8,123 Chicago houses for sale compared with 9,182 a year earlier. The percent of distressed sales (short sales and foreclosures) dropped from 43% of the inventory to 35%. In October I wrote about how the […]