Releases

House Price Index   April 23, 2025

Cook County House Price Index: Fourth Quarter 2024

This update of the Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) Cook County House Price Index highlights changing prices for single-family homes through the fourth quarter of 2024. Data are included for 17 City of Chicago submarkets and 18 submarkets primarily in suburban Cook County.

Reports   April 21, 2025

Data to Understand Housing Affordability in the Northeastern Illinois Region

IHS collaborated with CMAP to create updated Local Housing Profiles, which display housing market data for various geographies in the Northeastern Illinois region.

Reports   February 12, 2025

Strategies to Support Community Land Trusts in Illinois

The Illinois Community Land Trust Task Force met throughout 2024 to determine ways the State could support CLTs in Illinois. The Task Force's final report, assembled by IHS, is available to read here.

Reports   November 13, 2024

Using Data to Break Up the NOAH Monolith

IHS and the Preservation Compact recently collaborated on a project to inform the development of local and national policies supporting the preservation of unsubsidized, lower-cost rental housing.

House Price Index   November 8, 2024

Cook County House Price Index: Second Quarter 2024

This update of the Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) Cook County House Price Index highlights changing prices for single-family homes through the second quarter of 2024. Data are included for 17 City of Chicago submarkets and 18 submarkets primarily in suburban Cook County.

House Price Index   May 1, 2024

Cook County House Price Index: Fourth Quarter 2023

This update of the Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) Cook County House Price Index reflects new 2020 submarket geographies, and highlights changing prices for single-family homes through the fourth quarter of 2023. Data are included for 17 City of Chicago submarkets and 18 submarkets primarily in suburban Cook County.

Reports   March 5, 2024

Data Highlighting the ETOD Implications of Vacant Land Near Transit

As part of a recent collaborative project to understand the implications of vacant land near transit, IHS developed an in-depth analysis of City- and privately-owned vacant land near CTA train stations across Chicago. This report highlights data and analysis developed as part of this work.

Reports   November 28, 2023

Transfer on Death Instruments and Their Role in Estate Planning in Cook County

This data brief examines the role that transfer on death Instruments play in facilitating the transfer of real estate to heirs and provides data on the patterns of TODIs filed on homes with an active senior exemption in neighborhoods across Cook County.

House Price Index   October 25, 2023

Cook County House Price Index: Second Quarter 2023

This update of the Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) Cook County House Price Index highlights changing prices for single-family homes through the second quarter of 2023 in 16 City of Chicago submarkets and 17 submarkets primarily in suburban Cook County.

State of Rental   June 28, 2023

2023 State of Rental Housing in the City of Chicago

This release of the State of Rental Housing in the City of Chicago updates key data on changing rental demand, the supply of rental housing, and how these dynamics affect access to affordable rental housing for Chicago's lowest income households.