Real Estate
Burr Ridge Housing Market Has Another Strong Month
The number of homes sold in Burr Ridge last month was nearly triple what it was one year before, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors.
The 11 detached, single-family homes sold in Burr Ridge during February 2013 represented a 175 percent increase over February 2012, when four homes were sold, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe).
The number was slightly down from January 2013, when 12 homes were sold.
The median price of homes sold was also up in Burr Ridge. The median price rose 84.3 percent year over year, from $317,500 in February 2012 to $585,000 in February 2013.
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The market for detached, single-family homes in suburbs throughout DuPage County saw growth in January, MORe reported. MORe gets its statistics from Midwest Real Estate Data.
Overall across the Chicago suburbs, sales of single-family detached homes rose 37.5 percent in January over the same month in 2012, according to MORe.
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MORe predicts February will be another month of local housing market growth, as the number of detached homes under contract in January 2013 was 60 percent higher than in January 2012.
“In many cases the cost of buying a home today is cheaper than renting,” said Tonya Corder, president of MORe and managing broker of Keller Williams Preferred Realty in Orland Park. “When you factor in affordable home prices and historically low interest rates, today’s market represents a ‘perfect storm’ of conditions that may not exist again in our lifetimes.”
Median price Town 2013 2012 % change 2013 2012 % change Burr Ridge 11 4 175%
585,000
317,500
273,750
257,500
6.3% Downers Grove 22 21 4.8%282,322
286,000
-1.3% Elmhurst 24 22 9.1%403,750
282,500
42.9% Glen Ellyn 14 15 -6.7%366,000
275,000
33.1% Hinsdale 16 10 60.0%1,135,000
448,750
319,250
215,000
48.5% Naperville 65 55 18.2%385,000
382,000
0.8% Wheaton 28 13 115.4%265,000
282,000
-6.0% Woodridge 10 12 -16.7%236,500
226,975
4.2%Source: Mainstreet Organization of Realtors
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