All Reports Monthly Market Report Lake County • March 2026 • All Residential

Monthly Market Report

Monthly totals, trends, and year-over-year comparisons

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Monthly Market ReportLake CountyMarch 2026

Supply

Inventory

Average daily inventory
March 2026
1,144
Expected range of 1,007–1,112
Month-over-month
-1%
Typical change is about -6%
Year-over-year
+0%
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Last update: April 7, 2026, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: A listing counts in inventory if its status is active, not pending or sold. Inventory fluctuates constantly, so we calculate the monthly measure as the inventory at the start of each day average across the entire month. Expected values were refit in August 2026 and now align to the month they describe. Geography notes: New construction is now counted here, as it already was elsewhere in Indiana. Figures here are higher than previously published. All history has been rebuilt on the current method, so the trend is consistent throughout.

New Listings

Monthly total by listing date
March 2026
833
Expected range of 643–711
Month-over-month
+40%
Typical change is about +36%
Year-over-year
+10%
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Last update: April 7, 2026, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: Listings may be posted to an MLS system after their listing date. Historically, 92% of listings are posted within three days and 99% within seven days. Expected values were refit in August 2026 and now align to the month they describe. Geography notes: New construction is now counted here, as it already was elsewhere in Indiana. Figures here are higher than previously published. All history has been rebuilt on the current method, so the trend is consistent throughout.

Sales

Closed Sales

Monthly total of closed sales
March 2026
464
Expected range of 472–522
Month-over-month
+26%
Typical change is about +23%
Year-over-year
-4%
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Last update: April 7, 2026, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: Sales may be posted to an MLS system after their closing date. Historically, 79% of listings are posted within three days and 96% within seven days. Reporting was slower before 2018, and the cutoff for counting a sale is adjusted for each period so that earlier years are counted on the same basis as recent ones. Expected values were refit in August 2026 and now align to the month they describe. Geography notes: New construction is now counted here, as it already was elsewhere in Indiana. Figures here are higher than previously published. All history has been rebuilt on the current method, so the trend is consistent throughout.

New Pending Contracts

Monthly total by pending date
March 2026
803
Expected range of 594–656
Month-over-month
+42%
Typical change is about +29%
Year-over-year
+16%
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Last update: April 7, 2026, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: While not all pending contracts result in a closed sale, they are a very strong predictor of sales trends five weeks in the future. Pending contracts may be posted to an MLS system after their pending date. Historically, 81% of listings are posted within three days and 92% within seven days. A listing that goes pending more than once in a month now counts once per pending, rather than once for the month. Expected values were refit in August 2026 and now align to the month they describe. Geography notes: New construction is now counted here, as it already was elsewhere in Indiana. Figures here are higher than previously published. All history has been rebuilt on the current method, so the trend is consistent throughout.

Market Momentum

Median Days on Market

Days from listing to pending
March 2026
18
Expected range of 17–19
Month-over-month
-42%
Typical change is about -27%
Year-over-year
+12%
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Last update: April 7, 2026, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: Days on market is the time from listing to pending for listings that went under contract within the period. To filter out erroneous data, this filters out listings with a pending date before 2017. There is delay in entering pending dates, so recent months represent only the portion of sales with a pending date. Expected values were refit in August 2026 and now align to the month they describe. Geography notes: New construction is now counted here, as it already was elsewhere in Indiana. Figures here are higher than previously published. All history has been rebuilt on the current method, so the trend is consistent throughout.

Months of Inventory

Current supply versus 12-month sales average
March 2026
2.2
Expected range of 3.3–3.7
Month-over-month
-0%
Typical change is about -6%
Year-over-year
-2%
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Last update: April 7, 2026, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: Months of inventory is calculated as the current month's supply ÷ the average sales per month over the previous 12 months. Expected values were refit in August 2026 and now align to the month they describe. Geography notes: New construction is now counted here, as it already was elsewhere in Indiana. Figures here are higher than previously published. All history has been rebuilt on the current method, so the trend is consistent throughout.

Price

Median Sale Price

Median monthly sale price
March 2026
$266,000
Expected range of 251,550–278,029
Month-over-month
-1%
Typical change is about +3%
Year-over-year
+6%
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Last update: April 7, 2026, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: This excludes properties where the sale price is less than half the listing price or greater than twice the listing price, assuming those are errors. The median price represents the middle value of all properties sold. Half of sales had a higher price and half had a lower price. Expected values were refit in August 2026 and now align to the month they describe. Geography notes: New construction is now counted here, as it already was elsewhere in Indiana. Figures here are higher than previously published. All history has been rebuilt on the current method, so the trend is consistent throughout.

Sale Price as Pct. of List Price

Monthly average
March 2026
95.9%
Expected range of 94.8%–96.7%
Month-over-month
+1%
Typical change is about +1%
Year-over-year
+1%
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Last update: April 7, 2026, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: This excludes properties where the sale price is less than half the listing price or greater than twice the listing price, assuming those are errors. Expected values were refit in August 2026 and now align to the month they describe. Geography notes: New construction is now counted here, as it already was elsewhere in Indiana. Figures here are higher than previously published. All history has been rebuilt on the current method, so the trend is consistent throughout.

Demographics

Affordability