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The end of 2013 saw some impressive gains for the Chicago condos and real estate market as the Case Shiller Home Price Index reported a three-year high for Chicago-area condos.

In addition, the end of the year saw Chicago home prices reach their highest levels in four years.

Taking a closer look at the data, we see that although Chicago condo and home prices are on the rise in a major way, but they still have some ways to go before getting back to pre-recession levels. In fact, Chicago single family homes prices, while they’ve risen 24 percent from record lows, they are still about 24.4 percent below levels from the bubble peak. 

In addition, while Chicago condo prices rose 20.6 percent from record lows, they are still about 20.7 percent below…

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Chicago condo prices

There’s excellent news for Chicago condo owners! Prices for Chicago condos continue to spike as the overall real estate market continues to find stable footing once again. In March and April, the Chicago real estate market saw double-digit increases in home sales year-over-year, not to mention a favorable increase in median prices to boot.

Buyers seem to be frantic to take advantage of the historically low interest rates that are the talk of the town when it comes to purchasing Chicago real estate right now. March saw a 13.8% increase in the sale of single-family homes and Chicago condos versus one year earlier, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors. This tend contineud in April with an increase of 22% in the sale of single-family homes…

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Housing is back !  


Money Magazine says Housing is back2012 showed signs that the housing market in Chicago was regaining its health. There is no doubt after first quarter of 2013 that housing is back. So where is the market headed in terms of pricing? Every analyst has upgraded their expectations on future projections because the market is gaining momentum faster than originally predicted.

Medium prices for sold condos under 1M in the downtown Chicago condo market for the month of April was $343,000, up 8% over March 2013 and up 22% over April 2012. Total sold units were 713 units in April compared to 548 units in March. In March of 2012 closed units were 510.

Medium prices for sold condos above 1M in the downtown Chicago condo market for April was $1,340M which was actually down…

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