Buyers of homes at $1 million dollars and up were voracious in 2024, lifting the number of million-dollar home sales to a new record and pushing the median price of a house above the million-dollar ...

That was well above the annual 4.6% increase in home cost in the United States for 2024. The median sales price for homes in the state was $560,000, according to the data.

South Side neighborhoods dominate the city's portion of this list of the highest-rising house and condo markets in Chicago and the suburbs.