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August 27, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Lansing, IL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Lansing: a median closing price of $185,900 across 215 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Lansing, IL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Lansing, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Lansing sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 215
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $185,900
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $142
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $134,900 and $237,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 215 closed sales in Lansing over the last six months, with a median closing price of $185,900. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $134,900 and $237,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 80% of the Lansing closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 210 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $107 and $177 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Lansing, IL (September 2026)

The median home price in Lansing is $185,900, measured across the 215 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $134,900 and $237,000.

Where Lansing sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Lansing
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $135k to $237k
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$72k to $129k: 40 sales$72k$129k to $185k: 57 sales57sales$185k to $242k: 57 sales$185k$242k to $298k: 24 sales$298k to $355k: 18 sales$298kMedian $186k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Lansing over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $134,900 and $237,000. Among the 91 Illinois markets with a published band, Lansing's middle-half spread ($134,900 to $237,000) ranks 45th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Lansing monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $137 per square foot across 42 sales$137AprMay 2026: $145 per square foot across 39 sales$145MayJun 2026: $133 per square foot across 36 sales$133JunJul 2026: $148 per square foot across 41 sales$148JulAug 2026: $158 per square foot across 33 sales$158Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 31 days, across 89 Lansing closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 18 days, across 56 Lansing closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 215 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Lansing address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Lansing, IL
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1742028
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 215
Median sold price: $185,900
Median sold $/sqft: $142 (210 qualifying)
Property mix: 80% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Lansing over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Lansing city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 17% of the 215 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $195,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Lansing?

The median sold price in Lansing over the last 6 months is $185,900, measured across 215 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Lansing last month?

Resideline tracked 35 closed sales in Lansing in August 2026, out of 215 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Lansing?

The middle half of Lansing sales over the last six months closed between $134,900 and $237,000, with a median of $185,900.

What is the typical price per square foot in Lansing?

Among qualifying Lansing closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $142, measured across 210 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How reliable is the Lansing median for a specific property?

Use it for context, not for pricing. A specific property's value comes from closed sales that resemble it, checked against the median afterward.

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