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Luxury Inventory Fell Even As Chicago Prices Kept Rising
Across Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Bucktown, and Wicker Park, available homes dropped nearly 20% while prices and pending sales both climbed in the three months ending July 31, 2026.
Read the post →Chicago Entry Buyers Face A Tighter Market Than The National Picture
The three months ending July 31, 2026 show supply across these Chicago neighborhoods running far below the national level, and that gap shapes every decision an entry buyer makes.
Move Up Buyers Are Still Facing Tight Supply Across These Chicago Neighborhoods
The three months ending July 31, 2026 show just 661 homes for sale across Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Bucktown, and Wicker Park, down nearly 20% from a year ago, while mortgage rates have climbed above 7%.
Townhomes Inventory Fell Even As New Listings Barely Moved
Across Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Bucktown, Wicker Park, and the neighborhoods around them, available townhomes dropped sharply while new supply held almost flat , and that gap is shaping what sellers and buyers face right now.
Most Homes Found A Buyer In Week One, And Got More Than They Asked
In Chicago's Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Bucktown, Gold Coast, Old Town, and Wicker Park, the difference between week one and week two was not small. It was the difference between getting more than you asked and getting less.
"Bidding Wars Are Over in Chicago." Here's What 957 Sales Say.
Across Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Bucktown and Wicker Park's ZIP codes, over half of homes that sold in the twelve weeks ending September 20, 2026 went for more than asking.
Everyone Says the North Side Still Belongs to Sellers. The Days-on-Market Number Says Otherwise.
Twelve weeks ending August 30, 2026: MLS sold data across Chicago shows a steadier pace than the "sellers are winning like never before" story suggests.
A Chicago Median Sale Price Went From $555,000 to $707,000. Here's What the Record Actually Shows.
Over the twelve weeks ending August 30, 2026, MLS sold data for Chicago's North Center area put the median sale at $707,000, up from $555,000 in the same window a year earlier.
Sellers Gained Ground Everywhere in the Territory. Buyers Didn't Wait the Same Amount of Time to Get There.
In the twelve weeks ending August 23, 2026, sale-to-list ratios climbed in every Chicago ZIP covered in this report, while the wait to go under contract split sharply from one submarket to the next.
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