County
Total Sales
Median Price Change
Cook
-28%
-28%
Lake
-26%
-19%
McHenry
-21%
-15%
Chicago Metro Area*
-26%
-23%
The chart compares the first quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2008.
*The Chicago Metro Area is what the U.S. Census Bureau calls the PMSA, the Chicagoland Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area. It includes the following counties: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will.
Source: Illinois Association of [...]
Location
Average Price Change
Average Days on Market
Average % of Sold/List Price
Barrington
-13%
92
90%
Palatine
-23%
106
91%
The chart compares the first quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2008.
Note that Inverness data is spread between the 60067 zip code and 60010; this report does not have separated data for Inverness.
Source: National Association of [...]
Here is a little taste of how I enjoy summer in the Barrington-Palatine-Inverness area.
Skipping through the tulips at the annual Barrington Garden Walk.
Checkin’ out the cool cars on Thursday evenings in downtown Barrington at Cruise Night.
Walkin’ the dogs through the quiet fields and woods of Penny Road Pond.
Slurping shakes and inhaling dogs at Kookers.
Enjoying wings and drinks on the patio of Wool Street.
Listening to [...]
Palatine’s Farmer’s Market opens this Saturday for its 18th year. The Farmer’s Market is open every Saturday during the summer from 7:00AM until 1:00PM.
The market features fresh, seasonal produce. All the produce is grown and harvested at farms in the Midwest and sold by the farmers. This week’s seasonal specials include strawberries, asparagus, rhubarb, mushrooms, [...]
