The median sale price of a home sold in the fourth quarter of 2025 in Cook County rose by $13,500, while total sales decreased by 5.3%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From October through December of 2025, 12,153 homes were sold in the county, with sale prices around averaging $328,500. This is a 4.3% increase over the $315,000 median sale price during the same period in 2024, when there were 12,831 homes sold.
Based on the latest available data from 2024, the median property tax on homes in Cook County was $6,351, which equates to 1.9% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2025.
U.S. home prices continued to rise in 2025, with the national median reaching about $447,000 in June. That’s up 1.13% from a year earlier, according to Redfin. The data also show a significant gap in supply and demand, with 36% more sellers than buyers (a difference of 508,715 homes). By Redfin’s definition, a balanced market has seller and buyer numbers within 10% of each other.
The following histogram displays changes in median sales prices in Cook County from October 2024 to December 2025.
Information in this article was obtained from BlockShopper.com. The source data can be found here.