Posts by Meg White

The ‘new coast’ — Lightfoot’s transition report touches on business and real estate

Ahead of her May 20 inauguration, we examined incoming Mayor Lori Lightfoot's transition report, released Friday, to find the items that may impact the local real estate industry in...

Midwest leads the pack in home price gains

Metro market prices were up 3.9 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2019 nationally, increasing at a slower pace than the previous quarter. But that 3.9 percent gain was matched perfectly in the Midwest, where the median existing single-family...

Builders bullish on 55+ market, but labor shortages loom

Industry confidence in the single-family housing market for older adults reached an all-time high last quarter. However, while employment is also surging, residential construction is one area to which workers are not flocking....

Wise counsel from managing brokers

Agents share the best advice they've received from leaders at their companies....

Competition lawsuits roiling the industry

Real estate has been hit with multiple legal challenges to the status quo, particularly in how agents get paid. Why is this happening now, and what does it mean for...

This week in Chicagoland real estate: Picturing the American dream, sustainable affordability and more

One brokerage unveils a mural dedicated to immigrant homeownership, Chicago ranks high on sustainability and more in this week’s local real estate roundup....

RE/MAX makes play for northernmost Chicago neighborhoods, ‘burbs

RE/MAX Premier, and office most closely affiliated with downtown deals, announced today that it had acquired RE/MAX NorthCoast in the Edgewater...

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