Fox Valley area of Illinois home prices August 22nd
Fox Valley area of Illinois home prices August 22nd.
It is 81 degrees and partly cloudy right now. This next week we should see highs from 76-82 degrees and lows from 53-66 degrees.
Here are the communities with the most activity this week and their price ranges.
Aurora New-33 $160,000-$775,000
Closed-25 $80,000-$1,060,000
Batavia New-7 $399,900-$8,500,000
Closed-11 $300,000-$670,000
Bolingbrook New-14 $300,000-$774,900
Closed-16 $295,000-$890,000
Elgin New-26 $239,900-$1,150,000
Closed-25 $200,000-$960,000
Naperville New-33 $400,000-$1,744,000
Closed-37 $425,000-$1,276,000
Oswego New-20 $285,000-$715,000
Closed-17 $319,777-$659,500
Plainfield New-40 $259,900-$875,000
Closed-20 $345,000-$935,000
St Charles New-15 $359,900-$1,400,000
Closed-13 $282,500-$1,500,000
Other communities also had activity. You can see them in the photo above and their price ranges. It might change the communities that you consider.
Financing used, median prices, and 2,000 SF or more
Median list price this week $479,995. Closed median price $499,700.

Conventional financing was used to close on 165 homes this week at median price $499,500 with 18 average days on market.

Cash was used to close on 28 homes this week at median price $612,370 with 27 average days on market.

FHA financing was used to close on 13 homes this week at median price $447,000 with 28 days average market time.

VA financing was used to close on 8 homes this week at median price $662,450 with 35 days average market time.

2,000 SF or more closed on 148 homes this week at median price $605,000 with 21 average days on market. Minimum price this week $300,000.

Conventional financing was used on over 76% of homes closed this week and over 68% of homes closed were at least 2,000 SF or more.

Under contract this week
210 homes went under contract this week in the Fox Valley area of Illinois.
Here are the communities seller’s accepted the most contracts.
Aurora-26 Bolingbrook-12
Elgin-25 Naperville-32
Oswego-10 Plainfield-23
St Charles-11
1 short sale was accepted this week by a seller. It was in Plainfield. Now it will be submitted to the lender to see if they will also accept.
Seller’s accepted contracts that are contingent on the buyer closing on their current home. 3 with a kick-out clause of 72 hours, 5 with 48 hours, and 1 with 24 hours.
Also, seller’s accepted contracts that are contingent on the buyer selling and closing on their current home. 3 with a kick-out clause of 72 hours, and 8 with 48 hours, and 2 with 24 hours.
22 out of 210 homes that went under contract is not a lot. It is still hard to get contracts through with a home contingency.
Under contract median price this week $460,573 with 27 average days on market.

2026 by the month
Month New Closed Under contract
January 526 416 392
February 668 477 673
March 1076 778 1083
April 1143 791 914
May 1113 806 930
June 1140 932 1026
July 1397 1193 1092
August 765 645 674
Totals 7828 6038 6784
Check back with us every Saturday for the real estate market update for the Fox Valley area of Illinois.
At the end of each month we will also take a look back at 2025 and 2024 so you have something to compare to.
Contact us
Call us with your real estate question at 630-503-6555, Your goal is our goal.
You need to get all your financial information and contact a local lender to get preapproved. Then you can start looking at home once you sign a buyer representative agreement.
If you are thinking about selling a home fill out this form and tell us a little bit about your home and what you have updated and we will do a market analysis to show you what it might sell for in today’s market. We will also do a net proceeds that shows you the expenses to sell so you know what you might walk away with at closing.
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All data provided today was downloaded from Midwest Real Estate Data LLC. It changes throughout the day.
Fox Valley area of Illinois home prices August 22nd.
Have a great week!
Kristine Heiman, Managing Broker
ABR, AHWD, MRP, SFR, SRS, SRES
200 Webster St
Montgomery, IL 60538
630-503-6555 Ext 101
















































































221 homes went under contract this week.









