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
From October through December of 2024, 12,831 homes were sold in the county, with sale prices around $315,000. This is an 11.6% increase over the $282,250 median sale price during the same period in 2023, when there were 13,348 homes sold.
Based on the latest available data from 2023, the median sales tax on homes in Cook County was $5,784, which equates to 1.8% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 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 October 2023 to December 2024.
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