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Will County home prices rose in Q4 2024

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Karen A. Stuckel, Will County Recorders of Deeds | https://willcountyrecorder.com/

Karen A. Stuckel, Will County Recorders of Deeds | https://willcountyrecorder.com/

The median sale price of a home sold in the fourth quarter of 2024 in Will County rose by $20,000, while total sales increased by 7.3%, according to BlockShopper.com.

From October through December of 2024, 2,217 homes were sold in the county, with sale prices around $310,000. This is a 6.9% increase over the $290,000 median sale price during the same period in 2023, when there were 2,066 homes sold.

Based on the latest available data from 2022, the median sales tax on homes in Will County was $6,402, which equates to 2.1% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2024.

The U.S. housing market has surged in recent years, with its total value approaching $50 trillion in 2024—nearly five times its value in 2000.

“The value of America’s housing market will likely cross the $50 trillion threshold in the next 12 months as there are not enough homes being listed to push prices down,” said Redfin Economics Research Lead Chen Zhao.

The following histogram displays changes in median sales prices in Will County from October 2023 to December 2024.

Q4 2023Q1 2024Q2 2024Q3 2024Q4 2024$290,000$290,000$285,000$285,000$319,000$319,000$321,000$321,000$310,000$310,000

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