What Chicagoland suburbs saw the most home sales in August? Home sales in suburban Chicago rose 4.3 percent in August, according to statistics from the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors. Of Chicagoland’s many municipalities, though, which ones saw the most

This year is shaping up to be a positive one for new construction in Chicagoland. Residential construction spending in the Chicagoland area was down 11 percent year-over-year in July, but so far in 2015 is 28 percent ahead of where it

As 2015’s second half began, what Chicagoland suburbs saw the most home sales? Home sales in the suburban Chicago housing market rose 9.2 percent year-over-year in July, and pending sales were up 19.2 percent, according to the Mainstreet Organization

Courtesy of research from Tracy Cross & Associates and MetroStudy, we’ve assembled a number of charts and graphs on the Chicagoland new construction marketplace. Click on the links below for each piece of data: •Chicagoland’s Top Homebuilders in 2015,

In first half of 2015, what Chicago neighborhoods have seen the most home sales? Last week, Chicago Agent reported on the top-selling suburban housing markets in the first half of 2015, and now, courtesy of the more exclusive data from Redfin,

Rising rents, new research shows, are not an incentive to buy a house Renters in the Chicagoland metro area are spending substantially more money on their monthly rent than is historically the case. That was the finding of a

What suburban housing markets saw the most home sales in 2015’s first half? Naperville and Aurora were by far the top-selling suburbs in the Chicagoland housing market in the first half of 2015, according to exclusive numbers Chicago Agent received from

Home sales are one thing, but where in Chicagoland’s suburbs is competition for housing most intense? Earlier this week, Chicago Agent reported that Naperville was the top-selling suburban housing market in June, leading the way in both the single-family and

Building in the Second City Making Significant Progress Residential construction spending in the Chicagoland area was up 64 percent year-over-year in June, and so far in 2015 is 39 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those encouraging stats came

Several Chicago neighborhoods saw big sales increases in June Home sales in the city of Chicago rose 9.3 percent year-over-year in June, and several of the city’s neighborhoods, according to exclusive numbers from Redfin, were especially responsible for that increase.

In many Chicago neighborhoods, competition for housing is intense Housing inventory in Chicago rose 17 percent year-over-year in June, reaching its highest level since August 2012, according to Redfin’s Real-Time Housing Market Tracker. Despite that increase, demand is still outpacing supply

Throughout the first four months of 2015, home sales in the U.S. were the best they’ve been in eight years. Helped by a one-half percentage drop in fixed mortgage rates, home sales from January to April this year surpassed

U.S. mortgage rates were increasing at steady clip in 2015 until global economic events intervened The economic turmoil in Greece and China could possibly benefit U.S. homebuyers. That cause and effect was the chief finding in Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage

2015 shaping up to be a big year for new construction in Chicagoland Residential construction spending in the Chicagoland area was up 74 percent year-over-year in May, and so far in 2015 is 38 percent ahead of where it was

How has Chicagoland’s rental market developed in 2015’s second quarter? New data from Reis provides some perspective. In April, Chicago Agent noted that according to data/analytics firm Reis, the once-hot rental market in Chicagoland was cooling down, especially compared to

Over the last year, distressed home sales have become far less prominent in Illinois’ housing market Distressed sales throughout Illinois comprised 18.6 percent of all home sales in May, a marked drop from the 30.6 percent market share of a