The Chicagoland new construction market concluded 2016 in spectacular fashion, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In December, Chicagoland saw more than $452 million in total residential construction spending, which is a 34 percent increase from Nov. 2015. Moreover, year-to-date construction

See our chart below for the top-selling suburban housing markets in Chicagoland in all of 2016, according to research from Redfin. To adjust between total home sales and the single-family/condo markets, click on the tabs. When possible, we have also

How did the Chicagoland housing market fare in 2016? Did the market grow, or contract? Did sales rise, or fall? Is inventory still a problem? To find out the answers to those questions and more, we consulted the latest

Understanding buyers is going to be especially important this year – interest rates and prices are rising, inventory shortages remain commonplace throughout the U.S., and our housing market is now operating under a president promising a broad spectrum of

Do you work in the Downtown Oak Lawn, Woodlawn, or Belmont Gardens housing markets? If so, 2017 may prove to be a busy year. According to the new “Hottest Neighborhoods” rankings from Redfin, those three neighborhoods will see the most

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation is once again the most trusted homebuilder in America, according to Lifestory Research’s 2017 Home Builder Study. Polling the opinions of more than 31,000 active home shoppers, Lifestory Research’s survey, now in its fifth year,

The Chicagoland metro area offers housing investors the sixth-highest yields in the nation, according to a new study from HomeUnion. Basing its research on single-family rental yields, HomeUnion predicts that Chicagoland’s yields will be 7.5 percent, which spots it

On the surface, things look pretty swell for the Chicagoland housing market: home sales are up 4.8 percent; median sales price has risen even more, jumping 6.7 percent; time on market is down nearly 12 percent; and both foreclosure

Deals to sell homes failed at a much higher rate in 2016 than in 2015, and that was particularly true here in Chicagoland. That was the finding of a striking new report from Trulia, which computed the number of

Two of the 10 safest suburbs in the nation are located in Chicagoland, according to new rankings from NeighborhoodScout. Basing its analysis on the rate of property and violent crime per 1,000 residents, NeighborhoodScout found that Lake in the

In our new Real Data report, we’ve detailed the agents who closed December’s top home sales throughout Chicagoland. Click on the tabs below to adjust between the single-family, condo and townhome markets: Single Family Condo Townhome Single Family Sales Price Property

It makes more financial sense to buy than rent in half of Chicagoland’s counties, according to new research from ATTOM Data Solutions. In its analysis, which incorporated 2017 rent data from HUD, wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and public record sales

Smart home technologies are one of the most pervasive trends in real estate today, and a recent survey from Coldwell Banker and Vivint Smart Home found that among the currently available varieties, voice automation is the most popular. Understanding

Chicago’s housing stock is the No. 6 most valuable in the entire country, according to a year-end analysis from Zillow. Altogether in 2016, Chicago’s residential properties are worth just over $772 billion, topping other major markets like Dallas, Phoenix and

As we mentioned in the last entry in our “A Guide to the 2017 Buyer” series (which covered Generation X) the question of “What does this year’s buyer look like?” is particularly pressing in 2017, and for one reason – the

For years, agents and analysts alike have wondered why so few Millennials are buying homes, but a new analysis of Census data has provided a remarkably straightforward answer – they’re all living at home with their parents, and at