Cook County, IL Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses (Realtor)
Updated on March 13, 2026.

According to data from Realtor.com, the active listing count of houses in Cook County, IL in February 2026 was 6,522. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.0351%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was -0.0494%.

You can see similar for other Illinois counties, and for Illinois.

The chart below shows the trend of active listing count in Cook County, IL. The table below shows the trend, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes.

Data Source: Realtor.
Cook County, IL Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
Cook County, IL Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
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Month Active Listing Count MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Aug 2016 19990
Sep 2016 20036
Oct 2016 20306
Nov 2016 20086
Dec 2016 18576
Jan 2017 16048
Feb 2017 14568
Mar 2017 15189
Apr 2017 16013
May 2017 16262
Jun 2017 17167
Jul 2017 17846
Aug 2017 18730 0.0496 -0.063
Sep 2017 19148 0.0223 -0.0443
Oct 2017 19091 -0.003 -0.0598
Nov 2017 19308 0.0114 -0.0387
Dec 2017 17807 -0.0778 -0.0414
Jan 2018 15342 -0.1384 -0.044
Feb 2018 13753 -0.1036 -0.0559
Mar 2018 14275 0.038 -0.0601
Apr 2018 15290 0.0711 -0.0451
May 2018 16256 0.0632 -0.0004
Jun 2018 17179 0.0567 0.0007
Jul 2018 18361 0.0688 0.0289
Aug 2018 19318 0.0521 0.0314
Sep 2018 19870 0.0286 0.0377
Oct 2018 20293 0.0213 0.063
Nov 2018 20341 0.0023 0.0535
Dec 2018 19135 -0.0593 0.0746
Jan 2019 16663 -0.1292 0.0861
Feb 2019 15127 -0.0922 0.0999
Mar 2019 15500 0.0247 0.0858
Apr 2019 16661 0.0749 0.0897
May 2019 17808 0.0688 0.0954
Jun 2019 18868 0.0596 0.0983
Jul 2019 19951 0.0574 0.0866
Aug 2019 20453 0.0251 0.0588
Sep 2019 20672 0.0107 0.0404
Oct 2019 20723 0.0024 0.0212
Nov 2019 20656 -0.0032 0.0155
Dec 2019 18876 -0.0862 -0.0135
Jan 2020 16066 -0.1489 -0.0358
Feb 2020 14504 -0.0972 -0.0412
Mar 2020 14924 0.029 -0.0371
Apr 2020 15255 0.0221 -0.0844
May 2020 14368 -0.0581 -0.1932
Jun 2020 14751 0.0267 -0.2182
Jul 2020 15238 0.033 -0.2362
Aug 2020 15336 0.0064 -0.2502
Sep 2020 15719 0.025 -0.2396
Oct 2020 16639 0.0585 -0.1971
Nov 2020 16917 0.0167 -0.181
Dec 2020 15631 -0.076 -0.1719
Jan 2021 13302 -0.149 -0.172
Feb 2021 11449 -0.1393 -0.2106
Mar 2021 10772 -0.0592 -0.2782
Apr 2021 10715 -0.0052 -0.2976
May 2021 10994 0.026 -0.2348
Jun 2021 11392 0.0362 -0.2277
Jul 2021 12377 0.0865 -0.1878
Aug 2021 13366 0.0799 -0.1285
Sep 2021 13980 0.0459 -0.1106
Oct 2021 14067 0.0062 -0.1546
Nov 2021 13784 -0.0201 -0.1852
Dec 2021 12042 -0.1264 -0.2296
Jan 2022 9947 -0.1739 -0.2522
Feb 2022 8215 -0.1741 -0.2825
Mar 2022 7707 -0.0618 -0.2845
Apr 2022 8018 0.0403 -0.2517
May 2022 8113 0.0119 -0.262
Jun 2022 9352 0.1527 -0.1791
Jul 2022 10549 0.128 -0.1477
Aug 2022 11891 0.1273 -0.1104
Sep 2022 12031 0.0118 -0.1394
Oct 2022 12066 0.0029 -0.1423
Nov 2022 12159 0.0077 -0.1179
Dec 2022 11402 -0.0623 -0.0531
Jan 2023 9780 -0.1422 -0.0168
Feb 2023 8624 -0.1183 0.0497
Mar 2023 7994 -0.073 0.0372
Apr 2023 7660 -0.0418 -0.0446
May 2023 7325 -0.0437 -0.0971
Jun 2023 7369 0.006 -0.212
Jul 2023 7847 0.0648 -0.2562
Aug 2023 8267 0.0536 -0.3048
Sep 2023 8407 0.0169 -0.3013
Oct 2023 8792 0.0459 -0.2713
Nov 2023 9149 0.0405 -0.2476
Dec 2023 8915 -0.0256 -0.2181
Jan 2024 7730 -0.1329 -0.2096
Feb 2024 6808 -0.1193 -0.2105
Mar 2024 6608 -0.0295 -0.1734
Apr 2024 6808 0.0303 -0.1112
May 2024 7078 0.0396 -0.0338
Jun 2024 7307 0.0324 -0.0085
Jul 2024 7820 0.0703 -0.0034
Aug 2024 8490 0.0857 0.027
Sep 2024 8866 0.0443 0.0547
Oct 2024 9477 0.0689 0.0779
Nov 2024 9567 0.0094 0.0457
Dec 2024 9202 -0.0381 0.0323
Jan 2025 7759 -0.1569 0.0037
Feb 2025 7024 -0.0947 0.0317
Mar 2025 6861 -0.0233 0.0383
Apr 2025 7093 0.0339 0.0419
May 2025 7445 0.0496 0.0519
Jun 2025 7980 0.0719 0.0922
Jul 2025 8309 0.0412 0.0625
Aug 2025 8655 0.0416 0.0194
Sep 2025 8771 0.0135 -0.0107
Oct 2025 9164 0.0447 -0.0331
Nov 2025 9107 -0.0062 -0.048
Dec 2025 8826 -0.0309 -0.0409
Jan 2026 7372 -0.1647 -0.0498
Feb 2026 6759 -0.0832 -0.0377
Mar 2026 6522 -0.0351 -0.0494