Highwood, IL 60040 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 15
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Home Value
$501,178
+11.2% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
15
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
2.4 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
23 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
22%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
98.3%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
41%
Aug 2026
Rental Rate
$2,418/mo
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
-13%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$61
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 13% below this area's pre-2020 price-to-income norm, cheaper relative to incomes than before the pandemic.
- Prices. Home values are up 11.2% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 61% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+200% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (15/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 1.7% below their final list price; 22% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 41% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $148k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $2,036 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $1,274/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $61 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −3% to +13% over the next 12 months (83% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −3.0% to +13.3% (80% range; middle estimate +6.2%), chance of a rise 83%, of a 5%+ drop 6%.
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