Sterling, IL (Metro) - 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 the Sterling, IL metro in February 2026 was 93. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.1842%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was -0.07%.

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

Data Source: Realtor.
Sterling, IL (Metro) - Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
Sterling, IL (Metro) Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
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Month Active Listing Count MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Aug 2016 393
Sep 2016 397
Oct 2016 389
Nov 2016 353
Dec 2016 357
Jan 2017 338
Feb 2017 299
Mar 2017 283
Apr 2017 283
May 2017 303
Jun 2017 315
Jul 2017 341
Aug 2017 350 0.0264 -0.1094
Sep 2017 319 -0.0886 -0.1965
Oct 2017 321 0.0063 -0.1737
Nov 2017 304 -0.0545 -0.1402
Dec 2017 287 -0.0544 -0.1961
Jan 2018 264 -0.0801 -0.2189
Feb 2018 252 -0.0473 -0.1589
Mar 2018 242 -0.0398 -0.1466
Apr 2018 224 -0.0725 -0.2085
May 2018 239 0.0647 -0.2129
Jun 2018 255 0.0692 -0.1905
Jul 2018 273 0.0706 -0.1994
Aug 2018 281 0.0275 -0.1986
Sep 2018 293 0.0446 -0.0815
Oct 2018 298 0.0171 -0.0717
Nov 2018 274 -0.0805 -0.0972
Dec 2018 256 -0.0675 -0.1098
Jan 2019 252 -0.0137 -0.0455
Feb 2019 237 -0.0615 -0.0596
Mar 2019 228 -0.0359 -0.0559
Apr 2019 229 0.0044 0.0223
May 2019 236 0.0306 -0.0105
Jun 2019 234 -0.0085 -0.0824
Jul 2019 227 -0.0299 -0.1685
Aug 2019 236 0.0396 -0.1586
Sep 2019 248 0.0508 -0.1536
Oct 2019 268 0.0806 -0.1007
Nov 2019 279 0.0392 0.0164
Dec 2019 274 -0.0162 0.0724
Jan 2020 256 -0.0675 0.0139
Feb 2020 233 -0.09 -0.0169
Mar 2020 210 -0.0968 -0.0789
Apr 2020 213 0.0119 -0.0721
May 2020 209 -0.0165 -0.1144
Jun 2020 194 -0.0718 -0.1709
Jul 2020 182 -0.0619 -0.1982
Aug 2020 179 -0.0192 -0.2436
Sep 2020 182 0.0196 -0.2661
Oct 2020 177 -0.0302 -0.3414
Nov 2020 167 -0.0538 -0.4004
Dec 2020 156 -0.0659 -0.4307
Jan 2021 156 -0.0032 -0.3914
Feb 2021 138 -0.1125 -0.4065
Mar 2021 121 -0.1232 -0.4238
Apr 2021 93 -0.2355 -0.5647
May 2021 90 -0.027 -0.5694
Jun 2021 92 0.0222 -0.5258
Jul 2021 96 0.038 -0.4753
Aug 2021 108 0.1309 -0.395
Sep 2021 120 0.1065 -0.3434
Oct 2021 120 0.0042 -0.3201
Nov 2021 108 -0.1 -0.3533
Dec 2021 117 0.0787 -0.2532
Jan 2022 120 0.0258 -0.2315
Feb 2022 103 -0.1381 -0.2536
Mar 2022 83 -0.199 -0.3182
Apr 2022 73 -0.1212 -0.2162
May 2022 68 -0.0621 -0.2444
Jun 2022 85 0.25 -0.0761
Jul 2022 95 0.1118 -0.0105
Aug 2022 112 0.1852 0.037
Sep 2022 126 0.125 0.0544
Oct 2022 126 -0.004 0.0458
Nov 2022 121 -0.0359 0.1204
Dec 2022 116 -0.0455 -0.0086
Jan 2023 106 -0.0823 -0.113
Feb 2023 102 -0.0377 -0.0097
Mar 2023 99 -0.0294 0.2
Apr 2023 85 -0.1465 0.1655
May 2023 65 -0.2308 -0.0441
Jun 2023 72 0.1 -0.1588
Jul 2023 77 0.0699 -0.1905
Aug 2023 85 0.1111 -0.2411
Sep 2023 91 0.0706 -0.2778
Oct 2023 87 -0.044 -0.3068
Nov 2023 86 -0.0115 -0.2893
Dec 2023 74 -0.1395 -0.3593
Jan 2024 75 0.0135 -0.2925
Feb 2024 77 0.02 -0.25
Mar 2024 69 -0.098 -0.303
Apr 2024 61 -0.1159 -0.2781
May 2024 62 0.0164 -0.0462
Jun 2024 67 0.0726 -0.0699
Jul 2024 79 0.188 0.0327
Aug 2024 98 0.2342 0.1471
Sep 2024 115 0.1795 0.2637
Oct 2024 118 0.0217 0.3506
Nov 2024 127 0.0809 0.4767
Dec 2024 129 0.0157 0.7432
Jan 2025 121 -0.0659 0.6067
Feb 2025 107 -0.1162 0.3922
Mar 2025 100 -0.061 0.4493
Apr 2025 97 -0.03 0.5902
May 2025 99 0.0206 0.5968
Jun 2025 104 0.0505 0.5639
Jul 2025 98 -0.0625 0.2342
Aug 2025 102 0.0462 0.0462
Sep 2025 104 0.0196 -0.0957
Oct 2025 117 0.125 -0.0043
Nov 2025 124 0.0598 -0.0236
Dec 2025 132 0.0645 0.0233
Jan 2026 122 -0.0758 0.0124
Feb 2026 114 -0.0656 0.0704
Mar 2026 93 -0.1842 -0.07