Metro market data for agents
Chicago, IL housing market — data for agents
The latest Chicago, IL home prices, inventory, and days on market — the local proof points your buyers and sellers ask for. Use it to anchor a listing price: the typical home here is 20.4% higher than the Illinois state average and 4.4% lower than the U.S. typical value.
Data as of May 2026.
Latest snapshot — quote these in your CMA
Home value
$354K
May 2026
Days on market
8 days
May 2026
Inventory
21,664
May 2026
What to tell your buyers and sellers
Ready-to-use talking points for your next Chicago, IL listing appointment or buyer consult — each is the current figure with its trend.
- ·Typical home value (ZHVI) is $353,998 — +0.2% month over month, +4.4% year over year.
- ·Median days on market is 8 days — -11.1% month over month, 0.0% year over year.
- ·Homes for sale is 21,664 — +9.7% month over month, -0.6% year over year.
13-month trends — the story behind your pricing
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Sources & methodology
Every figure on this page is drawn from authoritative public housing and mortgage data, refreshed monthly — so you can quote it in a listing appointment or CMA and back it with a link when a client pushes back. Home values shown as ZHVI are a smoothed typical-value index, not raw sale prices.