Lacon, IL 61540 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 18
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Home Value
$137,198
+8.9% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
18
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
1.9 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
22 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
15%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
91.8%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
16%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
19%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$121
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 19% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 8.9% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 71% below the 2017-19 norm and rising (+40% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (18/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 8.2% below their final list price; 15% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 16% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $43k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,514 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $121 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −3% to +14% over the next 12 months (84% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −2.6% to +13.7% (80% range; middle estimate +6.6%), chance of a rise 84%, of a 5%+ drop 5%.
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