Last week, we reported on 2016’s top agents by year-to-date growth – agents whose 2016 business has grown the most over 2015. Now, we’re taking a similarly deep look at Chicagoland’s real estate offices, and which ones have grown their 2016 business

The Chicagoland new construction market is putting up some of the most impressive numbers in the nation this year, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In September, Chicagoland saw more than $446 million in total residential construction spending,

It’s no secret that the Internet has revolutionized real estate, bringing a new level of access and breadth to an industry long defined by its exclusivity. What’s less known, though, is how consumers are interacting with that revolution, and

In a new ranking from online real estate marketplace Ten-X, Chicago is named as one of the top 50 single-home markets in the country. Basing its analysis on “current and forecasted housing fundamentals,” such as home price and sales

See our chart below for the top-selling Chicago neighborhoods in September, according to research from Redfin. To adjust between total home sales and the single-family/condo markets, click on the tabs. Total Home Sales Single-Family Home Sales Condo/Townhome Sales Neighborhood Total

China’s presence in the U.S. residential real estate market is growing rapidly, and it’s creating opportunities for agents proactive enough to seize it, one expert says. Between 2010 and 2015, Chinese real estate buyers spent $93 billion in the

Chicagoland home prices continued their positive momentum through the summer, according to the new Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Per S&P’s analysis, prices in the area were up 0.5 percent from July to August, and up

Chicago residents average nearly $12,000 in savable income, helping make it one of the best cities in the country for building wealth, an analysis from Bankrate found. In its analysis, Bankrate weighed a variety of local indicators, including: average income and

See our chart below for the top-selling suburban housing markets in Chicagoland in September, 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 noted

Which Chicagoland agents have seen the biggest year-over-year gains in their business so far in 2016? We took a deeper look at the market trends and put together the following chart, which shows the 20 agents who rose the most in the

The “buying versus renting” debate is one of the quintessential rumbles in American business circles, but a new Trulia study has made it clear – here in Chicagoland, buying beats renting by a wide margin. For its analysis, Trulia

This year marks 35 years of the National Association of Realtors’ Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, and to commemorate the latest survey’s Oct. 31 release, NAR spotlighted five integral ways that housing has changed in those 35 years. Here are

Both Illinois Realtors and the Mainstreet Association of Realtors (MORe) released new reports on the state of housing in Chicagoland, and below, we have isolated the seven most notable findings from those reports. 1. Flat Home Sales – For the nine-county

Last week, we reported on the Cook County school districts that commanded the highest home prices, and now we’re back with similar analysis for DuPage County. Utilizing data from realtor.com, our list below compares the median price of the homes in DuPage’s school

With the billing of “the largest and most comprehensive survey of real estate consumers ever conducted,” Zillow’s 2016 Consumer Housing Trends Report arrived this week with considerable build-up, and indeed, the report does feature many interesting looks at the