Luxury Home Sales Up In Lincoln Square

CHICAGO — Luxury home sales in Lincoln Square saw a big increase in 2018, according to a recent RE/MAX report. The only neighborhood that saw a higher number of $1 million-plus single-family home sales was Logan Square, which boasted a whopping 67 percent increase.

Lincoln Square single-family luxury sales were up by 21 percent, with 34 home sales in 2018, according to the report.

Surprisingly, luxury sales were down by 21 percent in the neighboring North Center neighborhood; however the total number of single-family luxury homes sold in North Center — 121 houses — far surpassed Lincoln Square's sales.

Sales in Lake View rose 12 percent, with 123 home sales, according to the report.

West Town (94 houses sold) and Near North (23 houses sold) were unchanged from 2017, according to the report.

Lincoln Park, the perennial leader in luxury detached sales, recorded a 16 percent decline to 148 houses; however median sales prices went up by 6 percent in 2018.

Median sales prices also went up by 5 percent in Lake View, 3 percent in Lincoln Square and 2 percent in Logan Square.

The median price was down 14 percent in Near North, 2 percent in North Center and 1 percent in West Town.

In Chicago, there were a total of 1,400 luxury home sales in 2018 — 5 percent higher than 2017, according to the RE/MAX report. The median price rose 0.2 percent to $1,350,000.

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