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Home prices in Cook County increased in 2024

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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

The median sale price of a home sold in 2024 in Cook County rose by $27,000, while total sales decreased by 3.3%, according to BlockShopper.com.

Throughout 2024, 54,857 homes were sold in the county, with a median sale price of $312,000. This is a 9.5% increase over the $285,000 median sale price during the same period in 2023, when there were 56,747 homes sold.

Based on the latest available data from 2023, the median sales tax in Cook County was $5,784, which stands at 1.9% of the median home sale price for 2024.

The U.S. housing market has surged in recent years, with its total value approaching $50 trillion in 2024—nearly five times its 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 January 2023 to December 2024.

20232024$285,000$285,000$312,000$312,000

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