Lincoln Park to Wicker Park: A Neighborhood-by-Neighborhood Look at July’s Market

By Maureen Moran, REALTOR® · @properties Christie’s International Real Estate

The national headlines will tell you one story about real estate this summer. Your neighborhood tells you a different one. Here’s what actually happened in five of Chicago’s Near North Side markets in July 2026, according to MRED data current as of August 14, 2026. Not a hunch. Not a headline. Actual numbers.

Lincoln Park

Single family homes in Lincoln Park had a strange July. Closed sales were up 4.3% year over year, but new listings dropped 23.5%. That combination tells you something: fewer sellers, steady buyer demand. Median sales price jumped to $2,637,500, up 19.6% from last July. Market time increased to 39 days, but year to date it’s actually down 44.9% to 38 days. Small sample sizes can make a single month look extreme, so I want you to see both numbers.

Attached single family (condos and townhomes) told a tighter story. Closed sales rose 12% and homes received 102.3% of original list price, up from 100% last year. Market time dropped 65.1% to just 23 days. If you’re selling a condo in Lincoln Park right now, that’s a market rewarding preparation and pricing discipline.

Lake View

Detached single family homes in Lake View sold in 11 days in July, down 85.2% from last year’s 72 days. That’s not a typo. Homes received 104.8% of list price, meaning buyers are competing. Median price came in at $1,620,000, down 12.1% year over year, but remember, this is a small sample and one or two sales can swing that number.

Attached single family moved more predictably. Closed sales up 8.4%, median price up 12.6% to $546,000, market time down to 19 days. Inventory is down 19.2%. Good properties are not sitting.

Gold Coast, River North, and Old Town (Near North Side)

This segment covers Gold Coast, River North, and Old Town together in the MLS data, so I’m reporting it as one combined market rather than guessing at a breakdown that doesn’t exist in the source.

Detached single family sales here are thin, only 4 closed in July, so treat the numbers with caution. Median price was $2,950,000, up 28% year over year. Market time dropped to 35 days from 88 the year before.

Attached single family is the bigger, more stable data set. New listings down 17.8%, closed sales down 4.1%, median price essentially flat at $446,000. Market time came in at 53 days, down 30.2%. This is a market cooling gently on volume while holding price.

Bucktown and Logan Square

Also reported as a combined segment in this data set.

Detached single family had a wild July: new listings up 16.7%, but closed sales down 46.2%. Median price still jumped 24.3% to $1,345,000. Market time dropped to 14 days. Small numbers, big swings. Take the percentage changes with a grain of salt here and watch the year-to-date columns instead, which are more stable.

Attached single family looked stronger and steadier. Closed sales up 23.7%, median price up 13.3% to $593,000, and homes received 104% of list price. Market time sits at 15 days.

Wicker Park and West Town

Also a combined MLS segment.

Detached single family here had one of the tightest markets in this report. Market time dropped 70.4% to just 10 days, and homes received 102.7% of original list price, up 6.3%. Median price is $1,425,500, up 5.6%.

Attached single family is busier than a year ago. New listings up 7% year to date, closed sales up 11.2%, median price up 11% to $660,250 year to date. This is one of the few segments where inventory of new listings actually grew.

What This Means for You

Every one of these markets tells a slightly different story depending on whether you’re looking at a single-family home or a condo, and depending on whether you look at one month or the full year. That’s exactly why national headlines don’t help you price or time a decision. Local, current data does.

If you’re thinking about buying or selling in any of these neighborhoods, let’s look at what’s actually happening on your block, not the aggregate.

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