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What Matteson homeowners should know
Matteson is a south suburb about 30 miles from downtown Chicago, platted in 1855 and named for Illinois’s tenth governor, Joel Matteson. It stayed a small farming village until the mid-1900s, then grew fast after Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 and brought major retail to the area; the mall closed in 2015 and was demolished in 2018. The older Old Matteson neighborhood on the east side mixes bungalows, farmhouses and split-levels from the village’s early growth years, while most of the rest of town filled in with ranch and split-level subdivisions from the 1960s through 1980s as the population grew from about 3,200 in 1960 to over 19,000 by 2010. The former Lincoln Mall site is now being redeveloped as Market Square Crossing, a large mixed-use project with new housing and retail, which is reshaping values in that part of the village.
Matteson market snapshot, July 2026
Data: Redfin, Village of Matteson, July 2026.
Why Matteson owners sell as-is
Aging 1960s-80s subdivisions
Most of Matteson’s housing was built during the village’s fast growth from the 1960s through the 1980s, so a large share of the housing stock is now 40 to 60 years old. Roofs, furnaces, water heaters and other big-ticket systems in these ranch and split-level homes are commonly at or past their expected life, which is a real cost for an owner trying to sell traditionally.
Lincoln Mall’s long vacancy and redevelopment
Lincoln Mall anchored Matteson’s retail economy for decades before closing in 2015 and being demolished in 2018. Years of a vacant, blighted mall site next to residential areas affected nearby property values and marketability, even as the site is now being redeveloped into Market Square Crossing with new housing and retail.
High Cook County property tax burden
As a Cook County south suburb, Matteson carries a heavier effective property tax rate relative to home value than much of the collar counties. For an inherited or vacant property with no income coming in, that ongoing tax bill is often the deciding factor in choosing a quick as-is sale over a longer traditional listing.
Where we buy in Matteson
- Old Matteson60443east-side area with bungalows, farmhouses and split-levels
- Market Square Crossing / former Lincoln Mall site6044360-acre mixed-use redevelopment underway
- Butterfield Place60443subdivision
- Newbury Estates60443subdivision
- Oxford Estates60443subdivision
- Maple Brook60443subdivision
Cook County
Matteson is in Cook County. Probate for a Matteson property is filed through the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County at the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington St., Chicago. Cook County foreclosures are judicial, and the sale is run by the Cook County Sheriff or a court-appointed selling officer such as The Judicial Sales Corporation or Intercounty Judicial Sales, and unpaid property taxes go to the Cook County Treasurer’s Annual Tax Sale, with the Scavenger Sale available for parcels several years delinquent.
General information, not legal advice. See our Chicagoland county guide for more.
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Selling a house for cash in Matteson
My Matteson house was built in the 1970s and the systems are original. Do I need to replace them before selling?
No. Much of Matteson’s housing dates to the village’s growth years in the 1960s through 1980s, so an original furnace, roof or water heater from that era is common. A cash buyer prices that condition into the offer, so you can sell the house as-is without replacing anything first.
How does the old Lincoln Mall site affect selling a nearby house?
Lincoln Mall sat vacant for years after closing in 2015 before being demolished in 2018, and a blighted, empty mall next door can make a traditional sale harder while it sits that way. The site is now being redeveloped as Market Square Crossing with new housing and retail, which should help nearby values, but if you need to sell now rather than wait out the redevelopment, an as-is cash sale avoids that uncertainty.
I inherited a Matteson property. Where is probate handled?
Matteson is entirely in Cook County, so probate is filed at the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Chicago through the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Once the court appoints an executor or administrator, that person can sell the property as-is without waiting to fix it up.
Do I pay any fees or closing costs when I sell to BAM in Matteson?
No. There are no commissions or fees, and we pay all of the normal seller closing costs. The offer we make is the amount you walk away with, minus only what you owe, like a mortgage payoff or back taxes.
Sources for this page (7)
- redfin.com/city/29497/IL/Matteson/housing-market
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteson,_Illinois
- cmap.illinois.gov/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Matteson.pdf
- southlanddevelopment.org/news/2024/02/25/a-guide-to-old-matteson-illinois-a-quaint-suburba
- cookcountycourtil.gov/division/probate-division
- cookcountysheriffil.gov/departments/courts/civil-services/foreclosure-property-sale/
- cookcountytreasurer.com/taxsalegeneralinformation.aspx
Facts checked September 2026. Laws, deadlines and fees change, so confirm details with the county or a local attorney before you rely on them.
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