Champaign County home prices fell in February 2026 compared to February 2025

Aaron O. Ammons, County Clerk at Champaign County
Aaron O. Ammons, County Clerk at Champaign County
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In February, the median sale price of a home in Champaign County fell by $9,750 from the same period in the previous year, while total sales decreased by 50.8%, according to BlockShopper.com.

There were 63 homes sold in the county in February, with a median sale price of $189,000 — a 4.9% decrease from the $198,750 median sale price during the same period of the previous year. In comparison, 128 homes were sold in Champaign County in February 2025.

Based on the latest available data from 2024, the median property tax in Champaign County was $4,116, which stands at 2.2% of February’s median home sale price.

U.S. home prices continued to rise in 2025, with the national median reaching about $447,000 in June. That’s up 1.13% from a year earlier, according to Redfin. The data also show a significant gap in supply and demand, with 36% more sellers than buyers (a difference of 508,715 homes). By Redfin’s definition, a balanced market has seller and buyer numbers within 10% of each other.

The following histogram displays changes in median sales prices in Champaign County from February 2025 to February 2026.

Information in this article was obtained from BlockShopper.com. The source data can be found here.



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