• Foot traffic can provide great insight into the direction of future home sales. SentriLock, LLC. provides NAR Research with monthly data on the number of showings.
  • Foot traffic in the area covered by the Oak Park Association of REALTORS® (Chicago, IL) has been higher than a year earlier since February of 2012. This pattern extended itself in September with traffic levels 53% higher than 12 months earlier.
  • Traffic and sales across the Midwest have been strong this year, but Chicago was a bit slow to catch on. Job stability and low mortgage rates have given buyer confidence a boost this year fueling this trend.

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