Posts by Jason Porterfield

Share of international homebuyers fell last year

International buyers purchased 107,000 residential properties from April 2020 through March 2021, marking a 31% decline from the 154,000 residences bought the previous...

Rethinking real estate in a red hot (and uncertain) market

The past 18 months brought ups and downs to the housing market throughout Chicago and the city’s suburbs. With pandemic restrictions lifted and COVID-19 cases at lows not seen since last spring, agents and clients are still dealing with a...

RE/MAX: Chicago housing inventory gets bump in June

The nationwide housing inventory shortage that has driven growth in prices and demand in Chicago and other major markets may be beginning to ease, according to RE/MAX’s  National Housing Report for...

Aaron Share and The Share Team join Compass to serve city and suburban clients

Glenview-based agent Aaron Share and his team have joined Compass as the brokerage commits to growing in the city and...

@properties purchases technology, consulting firm Suburban Jungle

Suburban Jungle provides pre-search consultation services to homebuyers to help them find the ideal neighborhood or suburb for their needs and match them with a vetted real estate...

Chicago apartments are growing to accommodate working from home

New construction apartments are getting bigger in Chicago and other major markets after shrinking in size from 2016 to 2020, according to a recent study by RENTCafe and Yardi...

Helmut Jahn ‘one of the great architects of our time’ known for his iconic Chicago buildings

Through his work with his architecture firm, JAHN, he developed a reputation for progressive design that emphasized the elimination of inessential elements. He was committed to design excellence and to improving the urban...

Home prices hit 15-year high nationwide

Prices in the Chicago metro area were up 6.3% over February 2020 with “normal” market condition...

Chicago home price increase doubles national average

The median price of a home in the U.S. reached its highest point in 13 years last month as inventory continued to...

Millennials dominate homebuyer market as Gen Z enters

Eighty-eight percent of all homebuyers said they used an agent as a source of information during their search, and 91% of millennials age 22 to 30 said the...

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