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Illinois ranks second to last in U.S. on building new housing

It's a four-bedroom, roughly 3,640 square-foot house on a lot that is more than twice the standard 25-by-125 Chicago lot.
The asking price is $550,000 for this new house on Parkside Avenue in Austin, a project of A-Z Builders listed with Brittney Wilkinson of Realty of America. (Realty of America)
August 04, 2026 06:00 AM CDT