Detached suburban home sales up 11.6%

Sales of single-family detached homes went up 11.6 percent in July compared with the same period a year ago, according to data released Friday by the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors, indicating the second consecutive monthly increase.

The group measured activity on homes in about 120 southern and western suburban communities through information from Midwest Real Estate Data LLC.

In DuPage County, home sales were highest in Addison (58 percent increase from a year ago), Darien (89 percent), Glendale Heights (113 percent) and Westmont (70 percent).