Have you wondered if the condo market has been as hot as the single-family home market during the past year? Well, it's been very good but not quite as fast as single-family homes have been selling. Every North Shore village except Glencoe saw higher prices, faster sell times, and better list-to-
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08/09/2021
Fifteen homes closed this July compared to 19 in June. As you'll see below, 3 of the 6 new listings are already under contract, and 6 of the 15 closed listings went over the list price. So it's still a very good seller's market but the frenzy from the earlier part of the year has definitely dissi
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08/04/2021
What Sold In Your North Shore Village in June 2021 Record sales and closes in all North Shore villages in June. June saw a total of 151 units sold in all of Winnetka, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Glencoe, and Northfield. The median price was $1,125,000. The previous June (2020) had 88 total sales and th
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07/05/2021
An incredible 19 houses closed in June. To explain the imbalance of homes, only 1 new home was listed in Hubbard Woods during the whole month (and it had been previously listed in 2016.)Of particular note, 1159 Chatfield just closed for $1,765,000 (see below.) It was previously listed in 2016 for
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07/04/2021
If you haven't gotten enough real estate data, I'm here to help. I'm fascinated by charts and graphs - nothing shows more clearly the state of something than they do. All data is for the past 12 months and includes Winnetka, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Glencoe, and Northfield unless otherwise noted.
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06/08/2021
Who ever thought that we could transition so quickly from high inventory to low inventory? It became clearer as 2020 drew to a close but then the spring market delivered a whole new crop of homes. Which are now long gone. Of course, there are still houses for sale. For instance, Winnetka current
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06/07/2021
HUBBARD WOODS MAY 2021 With only 9 homes for sale and 27 under contract, Hubbard Woods is being squeezed for inventory. You can see below the quick sales times on almost all the closed sales in May. I've been asked how long this market will last. The pundits say that nationally, at least another
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06/07/2021
What Sold in Your Village in May 2021? A more apt title would be, “What Hasn’t Sold in Your Village”!Inventory is still a rock bottom and almost all new homes that are listed are sold immediately. Under contract homes in Winnetka are almost 3 times the number for active listings (the highest of
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06/06/2021
10 Ways to Keep Mosquitos Away I’ve been looking into ideas that will help get rid of those bloodthirsty pests this summer. We’re fortunate to live in an area that offers an active response to mosquitoes through North Shore Mosquito Abatement District which serves 11 North Shore villages. Their
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05/12/2021
HUBBARD WOODS April 2021 One sign of a hot market: regardless of price range, all seven homes listed in Hubbard Woods in April are under contract. Plus ten homes sold although you’ll see some long market times for some of them. This is because they were listed pre-Covid at inflated prices. 7 NEW
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05/12/2021
