Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has brought on three new agents in the Chicagoland area. These new agents will be specifically affiliated with Coldwell Banker’s Lincoln Park Plaza and Hyde Park offices. Tony Estrada – Lincoln Park Plaza Office During his

In first half of 2015, what Chicago neighborhoods have seen the most home sales? Last week, Chicago Agent reported on the top-selling suburban housing markets in the first half of 2015, and now, courtesy of the more exclusive data from Redfin,

Rising rents, new research shows, are not an incentive to buy a house Renters in the Chicagoland metro area are spending substantially more money on their monthly rent than is historically the case. That was the finding of a

New research shows home flipping remains very profitable in Chicagoland According to the 2015 U.S. Home Flipping Report by RealtyTrac, home flippers in the Chicagoland area receive the highest return on investment (ROI) in the nation. Among markets with at

RE/MAX recently released a report detailing large growth in the Chicagoland luxury market. Luxury home sales in the Chicagoland area rose 20 percent year-over-year in 2015’s second quarter, according to the new RE/MAX Luxury Report; with 737 sales, Q2

On Tuesday, August 4, Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty announced that it will join forces with Hunter’s Fairway Sotheby’s International Realty in acquiring two Barrington offices. Both having goals in meeting the Chicagoland area’s luxury real estate needs, the collaboration

The Hechinger Report recently released the data for the graduation rates for nearly every school district in the U.S. The data, which draws from the 2013 graduating class, broke down the numbers past the typical statewide average. We took

What suburban housing markets saw the most home sales in 2015’s first half? Naperville and Aurora were by far the top-selling suburbs in the Chicagoland housing market in the first half of 2015, according to exclusive numbers Chicago Agent received from

Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC today announced Craig Hogan as its vice president of luxury marketing. Hogan joins the Coldwell Banker brand with 20 years of real estate sales and marketing experience, most recently as director of the Coldwell

After years of noise pollution complaints, O’Hare Airport has a plan to ease some of the headaches On Friday, August 7, the Emmanuel Administration will propose a solution to deal with the late-night noise coming from O’Hare International Airport. For years,

Home sales are one thing, but where in Chicagoland’s suburbs is competition for housing most intense? Earlier this week, Chicago Agent reported that Naperville was the top-selling suburban housing market in June, leading the way in both the single-family and

Building in the Second City Making Significant Progress Residential construction spending in the Chicagoland area was up 64 percent year-over-year in June, and so far in 2015 is 39 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those encouraging stats came

Chicago-based Sandz Development Co., Inc. and @properties announced the start of sales for Webster Square Condominiums, a new luxury development in Lincoln Park. An on-site sales center featuring kitchen and bath vignettes, a selections area and touchscreen floor plan

Several Chicago neighborhoods saw big sales increases in June Home sales in the city of Chicago rose 9.3 percent year-over-year in June, and several of the city’s neighborhoods, according to exclusive numbers from Redfin, were especially responsible for that increase.

Chicago-based Lexington Homes has announced it has started construction on Lexington Crossing, a community of 54 townhomes in downtown Rolling Meadows. Three models at Lexington Crossing are scheduled to open Jan. 2016, along with first move-ins. “Over the past

Home prices were positive for the Chicagoland housing market in May’s Case-Shiller Home prices in the Chicagoland housing market rose 1.3 percent from April to May, and 2.2 percent from May 2014, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price