10 Most Expensive 2018 Suburban Home Sales Were On North Shore

WINNETKA, IL — All but one of the 2018's priciest suburban home purchases took place on Chicago's North Shore, as the only other property outside of the city to crack the $4 million mark was a record-setting residential sale in Kendall County.

Three out of every four homes sold for that amount last year were in the city, but six of the top 10 most expensive home sales of the year were deals for North Shore lakefront properties, according to research from Crain's Chicago Business.

Crain's ranked 73 of the highest-priced home sales of 2018 for Chicago and surrounding counties reported in public records or real estate listings as of Jan. 11. It found nearly two dozen of the top sales were at No. 9 Walton, where Chicago's most expensive residential property was purchased by its richest person the prior year.

Newer construction dominated last year's high-end deals, with the oldest homes in the top 10 sales both less than a decade old, according to Crain's. On the North Shore, several of the priciest were for recently built homes or structures that were subsequently demolished.

Here are 2018's top 10 most expensive suburban home sales:

1) 263 N. Mayflower Road, Lake Forest — $12 Million — Sold Feb. 1

2) 1035 Sheridan Road, Winnetka — $12 Million — Sold April 24

3) 381 Sheridan Road, Winnetka — $12 Million — Sold May 14

4) 735 Sheridan Road, Winnetka — $10 Million — Sold Jan. 4

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5) 1801 Green Bay Road, Glencoe — $10 Million — Sold Dec. 28

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6) 333 Willow Road, Winnetka — $8.875 Million — Sold Jan. 5

7) 411 Lakeside Terrace, Glencoe — $6.2 Million — Sold Feb. 28

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8) 513 Sheridan Road — $5.85 Million — Sold Aug. 6

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9) 30 Estate Drive, Glencoe — $5.3 Million — Sold Oct. 1

10) 899 Sheridan Road, Winnetka — $5 Million — Sold Oct. 29 (tie)

10) 5021 Minkler Road, Yorkville — $5 Million — Sold in August (tie)

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The next biggest suburban home sales of 2018:

800 Appletree Lane, Glenview — $4,873,420 — Sold May 24

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519 Hoyt Lane, Winnetka — $4.475 Million — Sold Nov. 30

233 Sheridan Road, Kenilworth — $4.4 Million — Sold June 14 (Demolished)

90 Kedzie St., Evanston — $4.2 Million — Sold May 15

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2423 Egandale Road, Highland Park — $4.2 Million — Sold Nov. 29

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473 Sheridan Road, Winnetka — $4.0 Million — Sold Sept. 28

930 S. Ridge Road, Lake Forest— $4.0 Million — Sold Nov. 29

Last year: North Shore Had 14 Of Area's 50 Most Expensive Home Sales Of 2017