Buyers put their chits down on a huge number of homes in November

A house in River Forest that went under contract in November
Credit: @properties Christie's International Real Estate
This house on Forest Avenue in River Forest went under contract in November. Its asking price was $1.2 million. 
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The number of Chicago-area homebuyers putting properties under contract shot skyward in November, the biggest increase since rising interest rates slowed a multiyear sales boom in 2022.

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By Dennis Rodkin

Dennis Rodkin is a senior reporter covering residential real estate for Crain’s Chicago Business. He joined Crain’s in 2014 and has been covering real estate in Chicago since 1991.

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