ELGIN, IL—The metropolitan Chicago area housing market recorded modest gains in November. Home sales rose just 0.1% from the same month last year to 8,028 units, while the median sales price gained 4.7% to $225,000, according to an analysis by RE/MAX.
The inventory of homes stayed at a depressed level. At the end of November 28,929 were on the market, 9.6% lower than the comparable 2016 figure. As a result, homes on the market were snapped up relatively quickly. Average market time for homes sold in November was 80 days, down from 88 days a year earlier.
“Given the continued decline in inventory levels, it's encouraging to see that transaction volume was basically unchanged and home values continued to rise at a gradual pace,” says Chris Calomino, spokesperson for RE/MAX Northern Illinois. “Demand for homes remains strong thanks to a growing economy, solid job creation and attractive mortgage interest rates. Although the year-over-year increase was small, 2017 November home sales were the most for that month since 2005.”
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