Fox Valley, Illinois Top 5 Home Sales: A $2.4 Million Prairie Lakes Home Leads the Week
This week’s top sales run from a walkable downtown townhouse to homes on wooded acreage beside forest preserve land.
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Edina, Bloomington & Richfield, Minnesota Top 5 Home Sales: $2.3 Million Golf Terrace Heights Home Leads the Week
Edina accounted for four of the five sales, while the lone Bloomington sale finished second.
East Metro & St. Croix Valley, Minnesota Top 5 Home Sales: Afton Acreage, a Pine Tree Hills Mid-Century Modern and a New Home in Lake Elmo
Two wooded Afton properties of more than five acres each, a 1957 mid-century modern with lake views and a brand-new home in a planned community made up the week’s list.
Duluth-Superior & North Shore, Minnesota and Wisconsin Top 5 Home Sales: A New Park Point Beach Home Leads Duluth at $1.2 Million
All five of the week’s top sales were single-family homes in Duluth, spread from the shore at Park Point to Piedmont Heights, Congdon Park and Woodland.
Ann Arbor Area, Michigan Top 5 Home Sales: Saline Ranch Leads at $1.6 Million
Three homes in Ann Arbor, a ranch in Saline and an A-frame beside a pond in Brooklyn made up the week’s top sales.
DuPage & Western Suburbs, Illinois Top 5 Home Sales: New Hinsdale Construction Leads at $3.6 Million
Three Hinsdale homes, a Wheaton property beside a golf club and a Naperville home made up the week’s five priciest sales, led by a new home near the center of Hinsdale.
Dublin-Powell & Northwest Columbus Area, Ohio Top 5 Home Sales: $2.8 Million Delaware Build Leads a Week of New Homes and Old Classics
Two homes built new this year, a home from 1920 and a wooded Dublin property with a creek made up the top of the market.
Des Moines Metro Area, Iowa Top 5 Home Sales: Ankeny Leads a Week Stretching From Panora to Van Meter
An Ankeny home led the week, and ranches in Panora and Van Meter tied for second at the same price.
Columbus Metro Area, Ohio Top 5 Home Sales: North Bexley Home Leads at $1.6 Million
Older homes in North Bexley, Central Bexley and German Village led a week that also included a Stilson Highlands home and a Schumacher Place condominium.
Cleveland West Side & Lorain Area, Ohio Top 5 Home Sales: Vermilion Lakefront Home Leads at $1.4 Million
A lakefront home in Vermilion led the week, ahead of two sales in Avon Lake and one each in Bay Village and Westlake.
Cleveland East Side & Chagrin Valley, Ohio Top 5 Home Sales: A 148.50-Acre Chardon Farm Leads at $2.25 Million
A family farm beside a county park, a 1931 brick Colonial in Shaker Heights and three homes in Pepper Pike and Chagrin Falls made up the week’s top sales.
Cincinnati North Metro Area, Ohio Top 5 Home Sales: West Chester Ranch Leads at $2.7 Million
A custom ranch on more than two acres in West Chester led a week that also brought acreage in Waynesville and Lebanon and a new lakeside home in Mason.
Cincinnati East Side Area, Ohio Top 5 Home Sales: Mariemont Charm and a $2.65 Million Leader on Acreage
A renovated pair of postwar Mariemont homes, an acre lot in Rollman Estates and a custom ranch near downtown Montgomery round out a week led by a brick estate with a heated pool.
Carmel-Fishers & Hamilton County, Indiana Top 5 Home Sales: New Chatham Hills Home Leads at $1.6 Million
A brand-new home in Westfield, a ranch backing to woods, a Village of WestClay home on a pond, a 1978 Colonial on more than three acres and a Melange townhouse with a rooftop patio made up the week’s top sales.
Bloomington & Brown County Area, Indiana Top 5 Home Sales: Paragon Lakefront Property Leads at $3 Million
Large rural tracts in Owen, Brown and Monroe counties took the top three places, with two Bloomington homes completing the list.
Birmingham-Bloomfield & West Bloomfield, Michigan Top 5 Home Sales: Three Bloomfield Hills Sales Follow a $1.6 Million Birmingham Colonial
The week’s top sales ranged from a Birmingham Colonial to a gated Bloomfield Hills condominium and homes with lake privileges in Bloomfield Hills and West Bloomfield.
Barrington & Northwest Suburbs, Illinois Top 5 Home Sales: Inverness Estate Leads at $1.5 Million
Two Inverness homes, a 26-acre former equestrian center, a home in Arlington Heights and a golf course property in Wynstone made up the week’s top sales.
U.S. Home-Sale Prices Fall 0.4% in October, the First Annual Drop Since 2023, Redfin Says
Redfin’s median sale price slipped to $388,634 in October, its first year-over-year decline since May 2023, as pending sales hit their lowest level since 2013 and 36% of sold homes took a price cut.
Nashville Area (Tennessee) Top 5 Home Sales: A Four Seasons Private Residences Penthouse Leads, With New Construction in Oak Hill Next
A downtown condominium led the week, followed by a newly built Oak Hill estate and homes in Barnett, Robertson and West Meade.
Louisville Area, Kentucky Top 5 Home Sales: $5.4 Million River Glades Home Leads a Prospect Trio
A $5.36 million sale in River Glades topped a week in which three of the five highest-priced homes were in Prospect.
Franklin-Brentwood & Williamson County (Tennessee) Top 5 Home Sales: A Troubadour Golf And Field Club Home Leads a Week of College Grove and Franklin Sales
A golf-course home in College Grove led the week, followed by four Franklin sales that ranged from a new Tudor to a farm on Wilson Pike.
Chicago, Illinois Top 5 Home Sales: Old Town Home Leads at $8.3 Million as Lincoln Park Neighbors Both Sell
A newly built Georgian, a pair of 19th-century next-door neighbors and a Lake View property marketed for redevelopment made up the week’s priciest closings.
Condo Sellers Outnumber Buyers by 123%, the Widest Gap in Redfin’s Records
Redfin estimates there were more than two condo sellers for every buyer in September, a record gap, with San Antonio, Houston and Miami the most buyer-friendly condo markets and Nassau County, N.Y., the lone seller’s market.
Marcus & Millichap Revenue Rises 7.5% as Bigger Deals Outpace Its Private-Client Core
Marcus & Millichap’s Q3 revenue rose 7.5% to $208.4 million. Commissions on $10 million-plus deals grew 18%, while private-client sales rose 3.6% after a jump in Treasury yields.
Detroit-Dearborn Area, Michigan Top 5 Home Sales: Dearborn Heights Leads, With a Corktown Loft and University District Stone Home Close Behind
A Dearborn Heights home led a week of sales that ran from a loft in a former piano building to Tudor homes in North Rosedale Park and Dearborn.
Door County, Wisconsin Top 5 Home Sales: Renovated Baileys Harbor Beach Cottage Leads at $1.5 Million
A lakefront cottage in Baileys Harbor sold for twice the price of any other home on the list, ahead of wooded properties in Sturgeon Bay and Sister Bay and a condominium in Fish Creek.
Dubuque Area, Iowa Top 5 Home Sales: Custom Homes and Country Acreage in Dubuque, Hopkinton and Guttenberg
Three of the week’s five top sales came with more than two acres of land, and four of the five homes were built in this century.
Duluth-Superior & North Shore, Minnesota and Wisconsin Top 5 Home Sales: Lake Homes From Lutsen to Ely Lead the Week
Inland lakes, a Lake Superior view and a wooded townhome in Duluth Heights make up a week of North Country sales.
Great Lakes Bay Region, Michigan Top 5 Home Sales: Pine Hollow Estates Ranch Leads a Week of Midland Sales
Single-story ranch homes dominated the week, joined by a 1940 two-story home near downtown Midland and a riverfront home in Bay City.
Greenfield-Shelbyville Area, Indiana Top 5 Home Sales: Georgian Home in Greenfield Leads the Week
A brick Georgian with a heated pool, two homes built this year and a pair of ranch homes on cul-de-sacs make up the week’s top sales.