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Real estate and community information for Chicago's North Shore suburbs of Winnetka, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Northfield, and Glencoe. Selling single family homes, condos, new construction, and land on the North Shore since 1998. Includes market statistics, sold properties, community events, zoning, sports, restaurants and various real estate opinions and thoughts.
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There were 128 total single family home sales in August in Kenilworth, Winnetka, Wilmette, Glencoe, and Northfield (down from 142 in July.) The median price was $1,000,000 ($1,223,000 in July.)Sales are tapering off - a function of both the end of summer and continued low inventory. WINNETKASee a...
09/07/2021
You'll see that activity slowed way down in August - particularly with only one new home being listed. The good news is that there are four homes in the Private MLS which will eventually hit the market (unless they sell before that.)Two of the three closed homes sold for over the list price - we ...
09/01/2021
If you haven't heard yet, live music is returning to the North Shore!  Winnetka's Music Festival is back this year and being billed as "Emerge Winnetka." Emerging, as in the hope that life returns to some normalcy with and after Covid.The original two years of 2018 and 2019 (skipped in 2020) were...
08/31/2021
In July, the North Shore villages of Winnetka, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Glencoe, and Northfield had 142 total home sales, just shy of June's 151 homes. The median sold price was $1,223,000. There were 123 total sales last July (actually a high number) but the median price was $1,000,000.Of the 142 h...
08/10/2021
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-...
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...
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...
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...
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.  ...
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...
06/07/2021
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