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West Suburban Cook County Housing Market

Monday, November 19, 2012

La Grange Park Sees October Home-Sales Boom

Year-to-year numbers boom 225 percent in the Park, and an extra home was sold in both Western Springs and La Grange over last October as well.

La Grange Park's real-estate market experienced a dramatic uptick in October 2012 over the same month last year, with an increase of 225 percent in over October 2011. The number of actual homes sold this October was 13, compared to the four sold during the same period last year. This follows a 140 percent increase in La Grange Park in September over September 2012. Western Springs and La Grange each had one more house sold this October than last, with 10 and nine, respectively. All three towns also saw increases in median price of sales over last October. The market for detached, single-family homes in suburbs throughout west Cook County saw growth in October, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe). MORe gets its …

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