Lakeshore Analytics collects and produces data related to Chicago housing, including median price and sales volume data at a neighborhood level, as well as key national and regional housing market indicators.
Our data includes a selection of free charts, updated regularly, as well as the comprehensive Chicago Housing Quarterly.
Free Charts
Chicago housing data
- Citywide housing trends and neighborhood housing trends, showing median selling prices and sales volume for both single family and condominiums & townhomes. (We track 20 of the 77 Chicago neighborhoods.)
National and regional housing data
- Case-Shiller Index, showing the basic index movement.
- NAR existing home sales
- NAR pending home sales
- Building Permits, including the number of multifamily and single family units have been permitted.
Economic Data
- Unemployment & Labor Force data showing the official unemployment rate, plus the number of people employed, in Illinois and the Chicago MSA.
Chicago Housing Quarterly
Chicago Housing Quarterly includes all of the above charts in a convenient PDF format, PLUS:
- Expanded Case-Shiller charts, showing top, middle, and bottom tier indices
- Case-Shiller charts showing the condominium index
- Market change data for 20 top neighborhoods
- A written summary of the top news stories from the past quarter
- Neighborhood comparison charts
- All data available in MS Excel format for download
The first edition will be released the week of November 1, 2010 and will cover the third quarter of 2010.

