The latest numbers are in from the Illinois Association of REALTORS® and the news is good.
Both sales volume and price were up in January year-over-year, the IAR reported. Home sales in the nine-county area rose 4.8 percent to 6,018, which they called the strongest January market in several years. Median price was also up, 9.1 percent, to $191,000.
In Chicago, the increases were more modest: they rose 1.1 percent but media prive was up 4.5 percent to $220,000.
Read more at Chicago Agent Magazine here.