{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/tamikammarks-realtor\/2026\/09\/26\/chicago-home-prices-rise-as-fewer-homes-hit-the-market\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:00:00","slug":"chicago-home-prices-rise-as-fewer-homes-hit-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/2026\/09\/26\/chicago-home-prices-rise-as-fewer-homes-hit-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Home Prices Rise as Fewer Homes Hit the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s watched the Chicago market evolve over two decades, I\u2019m always fascinated by local trends. Recently, we\u2019ve seen a 6% decrease in active listings and a 7.5% dip in new listings across the city. With fewer homes on the market, median list prices have climbed 5.4% to $395,000. Properties are moving quickly\u2014spending just 36 days on average before selling\u2014and sellers are making fewer price cuts than the national average. Whether you\u2019re navigating REO, foreclosure, or traditional sales, understanding these shifts is key to making the most of Chicago\u2019s ever-changing real estate landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/local\/chicago-il\/real-estate-market-chicago-il-august-2026\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s watched the Chicago market evolve over two decades, I\u2019m always fascinated by local trends. Recently, we\u2019ve seen a 6% decrease in active listings and a 7.5% dip in new listings across the city. With fewer homes on the market, median list prices have climbed 5.4% to $395,000. Properties are moving quickly\u2014spending just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}