The 33 detached, single-family homes sold in Glen Ellyn during January 2013 represented a 312.5 percent increase over January 2012, when 18 homes were sold, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe).

There were 27 homes sold in Glen Ellyn during December.

While the number of home sales was up, the median price of homes sold in January was down in Glen Ellyn. The median price fell 4.2 percent to $307,500 from $321,000 in January 2012. 

The market for detached, single-family homes in suburbs throughout DuPage County saw growth in January, MORe reported. MORe gets its statistics from Midwest Real Estate Data.

Glen Ellyn saw the largest percent increase in DuPage County, with 312.5 percent more homes sold year over year in January. 

Naperville had the smallest percent change, with 16.7 percent more homes sold year over year. That shakes out to 70 homes sold during January 2013 compared to 60 sold in January 2012. 

Overall across the Chicago suburbs, sales of single-family detached homes rose 37.5 percent in January over the same month in 2012, according to MORe. 

MORe predicts February will be another month of local housing market growth, as the number of detached homes under contract in January 2013 was 60 percent higher than in January 2012. 

“I am encouraged to see yet another month of double-digit growth in sales volume in January,” said Tonya Corder, president of MORe and managing broker of Keller Williams Preferred Realty in Orland Park. “The opportunity available in today’s marketplace is almost unprecedented. Fasten your seatbelts because this promises to be an outstanding year for the Chicago area housing market.”

Source: Mainstreet Organization of Realtors