Illinois is home to 39,858 active real estate agents and 7,781 active real estate offices. There are 16 agents who are known for their trustworthiness, and 104 agents known for being pricing experts.
Over the past 12 months there have been 119,400 active and sold properties, with 1,341 reviews in total. This is a 5% decrease compared to the previous 12 months.
Joel was super responsive and great with communication throughout the whole selling process. He was always available to answer any questions we had! Would highly recommend!
The amazing work that Dave and Candy have done to help us not only purchase but sell our home! Extremely knowledgeable of the market, absolutely professional and consistent with staying on top of everything! we could not have asked for a better team along our long journey! 10 out of 10 highly recommend!
We had some issues with the house, lenders,inspections and all of them were handled beautifully by my agent and very professionally!!!
Working with Christie to buy my new home was an absolute pleasure from start to finish! She was incredibly professional, knowledgeable, and always available to answer my questions, no matter how small. She made what could have been a very stressful process feel smooth and easy. I highly recommend Christie Gassen for everyone.
Linda was a pleasure to work with compared to other area agents. She told us she's personally attend all of our showings - and she did. She was also highly responsive and an efficient communicator over text, which was important to us given our busy lifestyles. She was able to work a better price for us in part due to some clever messaging at a grocery store - and handled all the busy work including helping to prep the home for the final walkthrough. She's a gem and highly recommended! The best in town.
Linda has been very informative. She first gave us some data about some houses sold in our community. During the time the house was put on private or open market, she informed us every incoming showing and let us know buyers' feeling about the house if any. So we could adjust the offering price and made changes accordingly. She has been very responsible and patiently answered our questions whenever we had any, such as the selection of the color of the painting of the inside walls of the house. She has also gave suggestions as what to be changed to make the house more presentable, such as some lighting fixtures. She also spent her money for staging to present our house as a lovely home to buyers. She has also suggested a very good lawyer to represent us for the closing. Linda is really an excellent realtor! This is my second time that she helped me to sell the house very smoothly and quickly.
Linda did a beautiful job of staging this home. We had multiple offers and she helped us sort through our options. We will definitely be using her again.
Robin was extremely responsive and made everything go smooth and quick! It was great!
Buyer Review • 13 days ago

As a first time homebuyer the process was pretty scary trying to figure things out. Barb was amazing at not only taking time to call me on the phone for a half hour to teach me about buying real estate, but she was more responsive and professional than I could have ever asked for. She always went out of her way to get me showings anywhere I asked the same day I was interested. Barb also was great at connecting me with other resources required for the home-buying process. I would highly recommend her services to anyone going through the home-buying process in a heartbeat!
It was a pleasure working with Sebastian. He is the best at what he does. He is really respectful and really professional. If I had any questions, he answered them right away. If you are looking for a home, I definitely recommend Sebastian.
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89% of sellers reported being happy with their sale price in the last 12 months.
Median sale prices for houses is up 6% YoY making it a great time to consult local agents about selling.
104 agents have earned the Price Expert badge - reflecting their ability to achieve a price that meets or exceeds their clients expectations.
Price and performance data by property type for Illinois.
The median sale price for single-family properties in Illinois is $367.8k, up 5% over the last 12 months. The number of single-family properties sold has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.
Illinois stands out for consistently delivering exceptional satisfaction and strong market results for homeowners.
This is based on voluntary sentiment collected from 621 reviews in Illinois over the last 12 months.
Over the 12 months Compass have sold 3458 properties, which accounts for 2% of the property sales in Illinois. This is followed by Redfin Corporation with 2994 property sales (1%) and Realty Of America, LLC at 2539 property sales (1%).

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