# Tell me about the Chicagoland real estate market

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 25, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-chicagoland-real-estate-market/818534 "2018-07-25T01:46:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-chicagoland-real-estate-market/818534/1 "2018-07-25T01:46:38Z")

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Who’s got some numbers or some data I can look at?

Is it hot? Or not? I’ve got to go/no-go selling a home in the north side suburbs in the next few months.

Who’s got the skinny?

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-chicagoland-real-estate-market/818534/2 "2018-07-25T04:03:00Z")

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You know the national websites for data. _Chicago_ magazine runs trend stories.

General trends, as I understand them: shortage of inventory in good city neighborhoods and close-in suburbs with good school districts; really big suburban mansions (Lake Forest, Oak Brook) are selling for less than a few years back.