Last week, we reported on the top-selling Chicago neighborhoods of June, but what neighborhoods are on top thus far in 2014? We’re halfway through 2014 – what Chicago neighborhoods have put up the most home sales? And how do

What were Chicagoland’s busiest suburban housing markets in 2014’s first half? #154343349 / gettyimages.com Earlier this week, we reported on the top-selling suburban housing markets in June, but what have been the top selling markets in the first half

The city of Chicago outperformed the greater metro area in June; how did its specific neighborhoods shape up? Earlier this week, we reported that the city of Chicago saw higher sales activity than the wider metro area in June.

All-cash sales still remain quite prevalent in the U.S. housing market, especially here at home. #463245891 / gettyimages.com A hefty 37 percent of home sales in the Chicagoland area were all-cash transactions in April, according to exclusive analysis from CoreLogic, the

What good signs lie beyond the horizon for housing in 2014’s second half? Using analysis from a recent Redfin report, we put together the following

During the rainy month of June, what housing markets in Chicagoland’s suburbs saw the most home sales? #91902827 / gettyimages.com Earlier today, we reported that the city of Chicago saw stronger sales activity than the surrounding suburbs, though price

The unaffordable simply becomes more unaffordable in today’s whacky rental landscape. #88689600 / gettyimages.com At the start of July, we reported on the latest rental data from Reis, which found that the nation’s rental market continued to grow more expensive

Cost burdens have become commonplace in housing, and they’re especially pronounced in the nation’s largest metro areas. #145868156 / gettyimages.com The housing market has bounced back in a major way the last couple years, but it’s introduced us to

Foreign consumers regained their appetite for U.S. housing in a major way in the 12-month period ending March 2014. #185761563 / gettyimages.com International sales – aka, home purchases in the U.S. by foreign consumers – soared an incredible 35

REO listings have been on a steady decline for some time, but have they reverse course in 2014? #101057102 / gettyimages.com The decline of distressed home sales has been one of the great success stories of the housing recovery.

What neighborhoods in Chicago generated the most sales activity? #103622920 / gettyimages.com We recently reported on what Chicagoland suburbs saw the most home sales in May, and thanks to the Chicago Association of Realtors, we now have similar data

The good news train continued rolling in June with the release of Trulia’s latest Price Monitor. #475618395 / gettyimages.com Asking prices in the Chicagoland area rose a hefty 13.8 percent year-over-year in June, according to the latest Price Monitor

Millennials have been missing in action thus far in the housing recovery, but a new survey suggests that the future holds good things. #163372008 / gettyimages.com The housing market may have shown an encouraging blast of activity in 2013,

Though foreign interest in U.S. real estate remains high, it’s much stronger in certain metro areas than here at home. #157066422 / gettyimages.com International homebuyers have been one of the major narratives of the post-bubble housing market here in

The rental markets have been on a steady rise since 2009, but did that continue into 2014’s second quarter? In a word, yes! #88900792 / gettyimages.com The rental market in the Chicagoland area continued its ascent in 2014’s second quarter,

Residential construction markets were a bit inconsistent in May, though the news was not all bad. #104316676 / gettyimages.com Residential construction in Chicago declined a bit in May, falling 9 percent year-over-year to $238 million, according to the latest