Overall, it was a downtrending month for real estate in Chicago: Housing starts, existing-home sales and inventory down decreased across the board.

In this month’s Chicago Housing Scorecard, existing home sales and inventory were down while housing starts trended up.

This month, housing starts were up while days on the market shrunk. But inventory and existing home sales were also down.

Over the last month, housing inventory remained down and days on the market continued to shrink. Existing-home sales were also down.

Unemployment and housing starts are up, while existing-home sales and inventory are down in this month’s Chicago Housing Scorecard.

Although housing starts were up in Chicago, compared to a year ago, inventory and existing-home sales were both down.