County Clerk Cedric Giles, Cook County Clerk | https://www.cookcountyil.gov/all-people/cedric-giles
County Clerk Cedric Giles, Cook County Clerk | https://www.cookcountyil.gov/all-people/cedric-giles
There were 4,516 homes sold in November 2024, with a median sale price of $310,500 — a 10.9% increase over the $280,000 median sale price during the same period of the previous year. In comparison, 4,020 homes were sold in Cook County in November 2023.
Based on the latest available data from 2023, the median sales tax in Cook County was $5,784, which stands at 1.9% of November 2024's median home sale price.
The U.S. housing market has soared in recent years, with its total value nearing $50 trillion in 2024. This is almost five times greater than the market's value in 2000.
“The value of America’s housing market will likely cross the $50 trillion threshold in the next 12 months as there are not enough homes being listed to push prices down,” said Redfin Economics Research Lead Chen Zhao.
The following histogram displays changes in median sales prices in Cook County from November 2023 to November 2024.
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