The residential mortgage marketplace has come a very long way since 2008; how healthy though, truly, is that marketplace? On the surface, the news is highly encouraging: according to new data compiled by the Federal Reserve, banks handed out

Chicago’s rental market has been slammin’ jammin’ the last few years, but what buildings have risen to the top with the highest rents? According to new research by Appraisal Research Counselors, the most expensive apartment buildings in Chicago command

Luxury homebuyers are a unique brand of consumer – what sentiments are most prevalent when they are searching for homes? Any real estate agent will tell you that the luxury homebuyer is a unique brand of consumer, one with

Home prices have risen and mortgage rates have shot up by more than a percentage point – is it still cheaper to buy than rent in the Windy City? The housing market of 2009, 2010 and 2011 was a

Housing inventory seems to have finally turned the corner nationally, but what of here in Chicago? The nation’s inventory of housing has been a major topic of conversation among analysts and real estate professionals alike this year, but if

Foreclosure activity in the Windy City remains high, but it’s fallen by a dramatic amount from 2012. Foreclosure activity in the Chicagoland area was down a whopping 58 percent year-over-year in August according to the U.S. Foreclosure Market Report

Though Chicagoland’s housing market has made notable strides in the last couple of years, the problem of negative equity lingers on. Though the Chicagoland housing market has made quite a bit of progress in the last year,  nearly a

According to a new study by HomeFinder.com, Winnetka is among the top suburban luxury housing markets in the nation. There’s one point for the North Shore! In its latest housing analysis, HomeFinder.com looked at suburban luxury housing markets, and

The NAHB’s Improving Markets Index has been closely tracking the housing recovery, and it put up some its best numbers yet in September. The National Association of Home Builder’s Improving Markets Index, one of the leading measures of the

The nation’s mortgage markets have improved dramatically in the last five years, but how many negative equity properties linger here in Chicagoland? More than eight million homeowners are own the verge of reaching positive equity, according to the U.S.

Residential housing construction put up some smashing numbers in July, according to new data from McGraw-Hill. Another month, another set of data confirming the apartment boom here in Chicago. According to new analysis out from McGraw-Hill (and cited by

Asking Price growth appears to be slowing nationally, but that was hardly the case here in Chicago, according to new research from Trulia. Chicago’s for-sale market continued to outpace its rental market in August, according to the latest Price

The Hispanic population in the U.S. has grown by leaps and bounds, as has its importance on local housing markets; where are Hispanics most concentrated? Hispanics represent a growing part of the U.S. population, and are inarguably the hottest

The nation’s home prices continued to improve in July, with the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic posting fantastic year-over-year numbers. Home prices continued their double-digit performance in the CoreLogic Home Price Index, rising 12.4 percent year-over-year in July. That

Chicagoland’s new construction markets have improved quite dramatically in the last year, but where, specifically, have new home sales been the strongest? So far in 2013, Chicagoland’s new construction housing market has been putting up some smashing numbers. Not

Residential construction put up some great numbers in July, but are those gains consistent with our local real estate market? July was a very strong month for residential new construction. Not only were building permits up 2.7 percent from