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North Shore Home Values
Nine towns, side by side
Detached single family. Year to date through August 2026.
| Town | Median Sale Price | vs 2025 | Median Days | % of Orig List | Months Supply | Homes Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenilworth | $2,395,000 | +28.3% | 15 | 99.9% | 1.5 | 53 |
| Winnetka | $2,100,000 | +11.6% | 7 | 103.6% | 1.3 | 183 |
| Glencoe | $1,920,000 | +13.3% | 10 | 104.9% | 2.2 | 117 |
| Lake Forest | $1,425,000 | +9.6% | 10 | 98.8% | 2.3 | 236 |
| Wilmette | $1,400,000 | +15.8% | 7 | 104.4% | 0.7 | 309 |
| Northfield | $1,127,500 | -11.6% | 8 | 98.5% | 1.2 | 66 |
| Glenview | $920,000 | +4.5% | 8 | 101.6% | 1.3 | 421 |
| Highland Park | $897,000 | +6.8% | 8 | 102.2% | 1.4 | 348 |
| Evanston | $851,000 | +6.4% | 7 | 103.7% | 1.2 | 341 |
What the table actually shows
Every town is a seller’s market. Under three months of supply is the usual threshold and not one town is close to it. Wilmette is at 0.7 months, which means everything currently listed there would be gone in about three weeks at the present pace.
Kenilworth moved the most, up 28.3% to a median of $2,395,000. That is a real direction, but it came from 53 sales, and in a town that small a handful of large closings can move the median noticeably. Read it as a trend rather than a precise figure.
Glencoe is the only town with more inventory than a year ago, up from 1.5 months to 2.2. That did not happen because demand fell. Prices rose 13.3% and sellers received 104.9% of their original asking price, the highest figure on the list. It happened because new listings jumped 35.9%. More owners decided to sell.
Northfield is the only town where the median fell, down 11.6% to $1,127,500 across 66 sales. On a sample that size the median is sensitive to which houses happened to close, so this is worth watching rather than concluding anything from.
One number is missing from this table on purpose. The averages run far longer than the medians, three to six times longer in every town, and that gap says more about pricing than anything else here. We wrote about it separately in Half of North Shore Homes Sell in About a Week.
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Common Questions
North Shore home values, answered
Which North Shore town has the highest home values?
Kenilworth, at a median detached sale price of $2,395,000 year to date through August 2026. Winnetka follows at $2,100,000 and Glencoe at $1,920,000. Evanston is the most accessible of the nine at $851,000. Source: MRED.
Where are North Shore home prices rising fastest?
Kenilworth, up 28.3% year to date through August 2026, though on only 53 sales. Wilmette is up 15.8% on 309 sales, which is a larger and steadier sample. Glencoe is up 13.3% and Winnetka 11.6%. Northfield is the only town of the nine where the median fell, down 11.6%. Source: MRED.
Which North Shore town has the most homes available?
Lake Forest at 2.3 months of supply, followed by Glencoe at 2.2. Glencoe is the only town on the North Shore with more inventory than a year ago, because new listings there rose 35.9%. Wilmette has the least at 0.7 months. Source: MRED.
How long do homes take to sell on the North Shore?
Median days on market year to date through August 2026 run from 7 days in Winnetka, Wilmette and Evanston to 15 days in Kenilworth. Averages run three to six times higher because a small number of listings stay on the market much longer and pull the average up. Source: MRED.
Are North Shore homes selling for more than the asking price?
In six of the nine towns, yes. Glencoe led at 104.9% of original list price, then Wilmette at 104.4%, Evanston at 103.7% and Winnetka at 103.6%. Kenilworth, Northfield and Lake Forest came in just under 100%. These figures are measured against the first asking price rather than a reduced one. Source: MRED.
Is now a good time to sell on the North Shore?
All nine towns had under 2.5 months of supply as of August 2026, and eight of the nine had less inventory than a year earlier. Under three months of supply is generally considered a seller’s market. Whether it is the right time for you depends on your own situation, but the inventory picture is unusually favorable to sellers. Source: MRED.
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