A home for sale in Barrington is under contract. A recent Illinois Realtors report showed home sales for the Chicago area slowing, but prices rising. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com

Homebuyers in the Chicago area may have had more choices in April than the year prior, but that didn’t translate to more sales — or lower prices.

According to the most recent Illinois Realtors’ monthly residential real estate report for April 2025, the nine-county Chicago Metro Area had 11,791 residential properties on the market, up 3.6% from April 2024.

However, the region saw a 4.2% dip in sales when comparing April 2024 to April 2025. The report showed 7,857 home sales in April 2025 compared to 8,198 for the same month in 2024.

“I think a big factor of the stronger price growth in the Chicago reg

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