I did some digging on the Dupage Market

Hey, it’s Jake. This is not an AI-written email. This is me sitting at my desk typing this to you. I feel like in this day and age, that goes a long way—knowing that it’s a real person writing something.

When Amber and I started in real estate 10 years ago (yes, it’s our 10-year anniversary in real estate and marriage), I didn’t know up from down in the real estate market. I just listened to my mentors and did my best with the information I had available to me.

I am going to explain the DuPage real estate market. This data will translate to Will, Kendall, and Kane counties as well. They are about the same; I just picked the biggest county for more data points.

We started in a down market, then rode up the huge COVID market, then rode the 2022 market down, and now we are riding the market up.

I am on the phone every day with people who think the market is still going down, and I bring them to this graph. This graph is from Reventure, a system I use that pulls every piece of housing data you can imagine. This specific graph shows the number of home sales (closed homes). June is always the peak, and December is always the low. Look at the lows:

2020 – 886

2021 – 833

2022 – 562 (this is when rates went to 7%)

2023 – 533

2024 – 561

2025 – 760

It’s obvious that December sales were way up. We are officially entering a new era. We are riding the wave upward. I’ll keep an eye out for you as this evolves, but I see blue skies ahead. More homes available means more choices.

Here to help you in anyway I can

I have built my business to a huge success in 10 short years, I did it by focusing on one thing: deeply caring about everyone I work for and giving more than I receive back.  I will keep these emails only to important information for our western suburbs area. Because there is not much out there that gives you real information on whats going on. I hope you find this useful.

We’re so grateful to have you with us and excited for what’s ahead. There’s so much more to come: new features, improvements, and ways to make your experience even better. Here’s to more growth, creativity, and success!

Jake Kilts

Realtor

630.487.1896