Chicago's North Shore Real Estate Market: 2025 in Review
What actually happened in 2025 across the North Shore and Chicago neighborhoods? Are cash buyers still driving the market? Are home close contingencies back? How fast are homes going under contract and where are prices trending? Below is my interactive 2025 market review for Chicago and the North Shore, broken down by community. Click each tab to see cash share, contingencies, months of supply, rolling 12 month average prices, and average market time.
Assumptions:
*Average sales price reflects a rolling 12 month average.
*Months Supply, reflects inventory as of December 2025. 6 months represents a balanced market. Less than 6 months favors sellers.
*Home Close Contingencies, reflect a snapshot of activity as of January 17, 2026.
*Cash Offers, reflect closings from 1/1/25-12/31/25.
Chicago - Lincoln Park
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1,274
1,077 Attached homes
197 Detached homes
(
$675,000
$6,750,000
72 cash sales - detached (36%)
298 cash sales - attached (28%)
0 home close contingencies of 8 contracts (0%)
(As of 1/17/26)
0.7 Months Supply
(Market Favors Sellers)
$2,509,904
(Up 8.2% over December 2024)
$773,900
(Up 11.2% over December 2024)
23 Days
(Down 51.1% from December 2024)
Deerfield
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277
78 Attached homes
199 Detached homes
(
$270,000
$2,288,000
51 cash sales - detached (26%)
28 cash sales - attached (36%)
2 home close contingencies of 13 contracts (15%)
(As of 1/17/26)
0.8 Months Supply
(Market Favors Sellers)
$831,593
(Up 14.8% over December 2024)
$362,182
(Down 7.2% over December 2024)
21 Days
(Up 10.5% from December 2024)
Evanston
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779
456 Attached homes
323 Detached homes
(
$200,301
$2,400,000
89 cash sales - detached (28%)
212 cash sales - attached (46%)
0 home close contingency of 21 contracts (0%)
(As of 1/17/26)
.9 Months Supply
(Market Favors Sellers)
$926,296
(Up 12.6% over December 2024)
$391,243
(Up 13.3% over December 2024)
22 Days
(Down 12% from December 2024)
Glencoe
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120
8 Attached homes
112 Detached homes
(
$630,000
$9,200,000
62 cash sales - detached (55%)
6 cash sales - attached (75%)
0 home close contingencies of 9 contracts (0%)
(As of 1/17/26)
1.6 Months Supply
(Market Favors Sellers)
$1,970,104
(Down 1.0% over December 2024)
$442,363
(Down 13.6% over December 2024 - note small sample size)
5 Days
(Down 95.4% from December 2024)
Glenview
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670
266 Attached homes
404 Detached homes
(
$280,000
$3,150,000
124 cash sales - detached (31%)
117 cash sales - attached (44%)
1 home close contingencies of 30 contracts (3%)
(As of 1/17/26)
.8 Months Supply
(Market Favors Sellers)
$1,010,057
(Up 1.6% over December 2024)
$458,866
(Up 9.7% over December 2024)
19 Days
(Down 11.8% from December 2024)
Highland Park
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416
98 Attached homes
318 Detached homes
(
$215,000
$5,750,000
129 cash sales - detached (41%)
129 cash sales - attached (57%)
0 home close contingencies of 22 contracts (0%)
(As of 1/17/26)
.8 Months Supply
(Market Favors Sellers)
$1,007,195
(Up 4.9% over December 2024)
$630,396
(Up 33.2% over December 2024)
13 Days
(Up 8.3% from December 2024)
Kenilworth
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56
55 Detached Sales
1 Attached Sales
$658,000
$14,500,000
25 cash sales - detached (45%)
0 cash sales - attached (0%)
0 home close contingencies out of 2 contracts (0%)
0.8 Months Supply
(Favors Sellers)
$2,571,376
$640,000
21 Days
(Listing to Contract)
Lincolnshire
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119
85 Detached Homes
34 Attached Homes
$350,000
$2,050,000
25 cash sales - detached (29%)
15 cash sales - attached (44%)
0 home contingencies out of 10 contracts (0%)
1.2 Months
(Favors Sellers)
$839,028
(Down 1.3% from December 2024)
$498,716
(Up 12.9% over December 2024)
20 Days
(Up 33.3% over December 2024)
Northfield
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97
67 Detached Homes
30 Attached Homes
$514,000
$5,000,000
34 cash sales - detached (51%)
16 cash sales - attached (53%)
0 home contingencies out of 4 contracts (0%)
.5 Months
(Favors Sellers)
$1,502,650
(Up 22.3% from December 2024)
$474,088
(Up 9.5% over December 2024)
12 Days
(Down 62.5% over December 2024)
Northbrook
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595
245 Attached homes
350 Detached homes
(
$203,000
$3,000,000
124 cash sales - detached (35%)
145 cash sales - attached (59%)
1 home close contingencies of 19 contracts (5%)
(As of 1/17/26)
1.2 Months Supply
(Market Favors Sellers)
$970,038
(Up 4.8% over December 2024)
$465,204
(Up 5.2% over December 2024)
27 Days
(Up 200% from December 2024)
Skokie
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538
201 Attached homes
337 Detached homes
(
$254,000
$1,400,000
75 cash sales - detached (22%)
75 cash sales - attached (45%)
0 home close contingencies of 13 contracts (0%)
(As of 1/17/26)
1.1 Months Supply
(Market Favors Sellers)
$485,327
(Up 4% over December 2023)
$283,176
(Up 13.3% from December 2023)
27 Days
(Down 10% from December 2023)
Wilmette
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405
96 Attached homes
309 Detached homes
(
$410,000
$6,051,000
109 cash sales - detached (35%)
109 cash sales - attached (55%)
0 home close contingencies of 10 contracts (0%)
(As of 1/17/26)
0.4 Months Supply
(Market Favors Sellers)
$1,437,090
(Up 12.9% over December 2024)
$587,118
(Up 6.6% from December 2024)
22 Days
(Down 12% from December 2024)
Winnetka
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201
24 Attached homes
177 Detached homes
(
$565,000
$34,500.00
67 cash sales - detached (38%)
15 cash sales - attached (62%)
0 home close contingencies of 8 contracts (0%)
(As of 1/17/26)
0.6 Months Supply
(Market Favors Sellers)
$2,704,755
(Up 32% over December 2024)
$615,896
(Up 2% from December 2024)
12 Days
(Up 12% from December 2024)
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