Lemont Sees Uptick in October Home-Sales
Number of homes sold in Lemont in October increased by 72.7 percent over last year.
Lemont's real-estate market experienced an uptick in October 2012 over the same month last year, with an increase of 72.7 percent over October 2011. The number of actual homes sold in Lemont this October was 19, compared to the 11 sold during the same period last year. Home sales in the village saw a slight decrease (4.9 percent) in median prices over last year's figures -- from $305,000 to $290,000. The market for detached, single-family homes in suburbs throughout west Cook County saw growth in October, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe). MORe gets its statistics from Midwest Real Estate Data. Forest Park's market was the most sluggish, holding flat at four homes sold in both October 2012 and 2011. Overall across…
Janelle Bittner-Kittridge
3:22 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The prices of the houses continually are dropping - that is the depressing part - and the obvious reason why they are also selling. People's investments have turned nothing but sour. Nice to try and put a positive spin on the negative. more ›