Our REAL DATA 2016 reports look at, among other things, the top-producing agents in Chicagoland based on total sales volume. 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

Single-family homebuilding is showing encouraging strength in 2016, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. Through April, single-family authorizations were at a rate of 736,000, which is 3.3 percent above the revised March rate of 725,000. Monthly new

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes remained unchanged in May at a level of 58 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Ed Brady, the NAHB’s chairman, explained in the association’s report

Approximately 80 percent of real estate’s top performing agents use the cloud, according to Austin-based real estate team The Eitel Group. It’s a testament to the technology that its application is nearly universal among the industry’s elite. But what

Millennials may be America’s largest, most vivacious generation yet, but new research suggests that their homebuying prospects have only worsened with time. According to a new analysis from Zillow, more Millennials now live with their parents than at anytime

Overall mortgage activity is down in the Chicagoland housing market this year, but that only tells half the story, according to RealtyTrac’s Q1 2016 U.S. Residential Property Loan Origination Report. Through the first quarter, RealtyTrac found, Chicagoland lenders oversaw 45,982

We know, we know – private mortgage insurance (PMI for short) is one of the more profoundly unsexy topics in real estate, and offers little of the glitz and glamor of staging, showing and negotiating. But it is a

See our chart below for the top-selling homebuilders in Chicagoland in Q1 2016 by net contract signings, according to the latest “Regional Executive Summary” report from Tracy Cross & Associates, Inc. Click here for more perspective on new construction in Chicagoland, and

Click on the tabs below to adjust between the city and suburban markets where homes sold the fastest in April, in terms of average days from listing to closing. Fastest-Selling Suburban Markets Fastest-Selling City Markets Suburb Days on Market Number

The prevalence of women in the workforce has grown tremendously over the past few decades, and as a result, working moms have gained buying power in the real estate market. However, as a recent study from WalletHub pointed out,

In our latest Real Data report, we’ve detailed the agents who closed April’s top deals 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

Earlier this week, we reported on NeighborhoodScout’s new list of the top 100 safest cities in the U.S. In part two of this two-part series on crime, we’ll be counting down the top 100 “most dangerous” cities in America. The

See our chart below for the top-selling new construction markets in Chicagoland in Q1 2016, according to the latest “Regional Executive Summary” report from Tracy Cross & Associates, Inc. Click here for more perspective on new construction in Chicagoland. Town New

From stagnant wages to competition from cash buyers, first-time homebuyers face many challenges in today’s housing market, but perhaps none is greater than the inventory shortage – a fact that is especially true here in Chicagoland. According to a

Though crime can be found in all major cities, the severity and frequency of it vary greatly from metro to metro, as two new reports from real estate analytics provider NeighborhoodScout recently pointed out. In part one of this two-part series

This year is shaping up to be a very positive one for residential construction in Chicagoland, according to the latest numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In March, residential construction spending in Chicagoland totaled $548 million, a modest 4 percent increase