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The Case-Shiller Chicago Index for December is up 1.4% from December 2013. It’s the 26th consecutive month it’s been up compared to a year earlier. The index fell 0.9% from November. Drops from one month to the next are not unusual in the fall and winter months in Chicago. However, the drop was larger than […]
The Case-Shiller Chicago Index for October is up 1.9% from October 2013. It’s the 24th consecutive month it’s been up compared to a year earlier. However, this is the smallest increase since November 2012. It fell 1.0% from September. Drops from one month to the next are not unusual in the fall and winter months […]
The median sale price of large condos in Chicago rose at twice the rate of smaller condos in the third quarter. Condos with 2,000 square feet or more saw an 11.6% increase in median sale price from a year earlier. Condos with under 2,000 square feet saw an increase of only half as much at […]
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 Case-Shiller Chicago Index for August is up 2.9% from August 2013. It’s the 22nd consecutive month it’s been up compared to a year earlier. However, this is the smallest increase since December 2012. It rose 0.4% from July. It’s back up to its June 2003 level after falling to the April 2000 level in […]
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