The Illinois Association of Realtors announced that the Illinois housing market sales was down for the month of September but stronger on a year-to-date basis compared to 2009. Statewide home sales in September 2010 totaled 8,024, down 4.7% from August’s 8,419 home sales. Year over year sales were down 23.4 percent compared to September 2009 sales of 10,470 homes. Year-to-date sales remain positive, up 4.9 percent January through September 2010 with 81,669 home sales compared to 77,860 home sales for the same period in 2009. For the full article.
