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

After working together 10 years ago, Janice Corley (The owner of RE/MAX Premier Properties) and Jenny Sepulveda (owner of Luxe Marketing and Sales) are teaming up with RE/MAX Premier Properties acquiring the operation of Luxe Marketing and Sales. Sepulveda and her

Naperville and Evanston posted big sales increases last month Homes sales in suburban Chicago rose 9.2 percent year-over-year in June, according to the latest numbers from the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors. What specific suburbs, though, saw the greatest sales

Since it launched on July 13, the online edition of our 2015 Who’s Who in Residential Real Estate issue has attracted thousands of visitors. To read and share the profiles from this year’s group, go to https://chicagoagentmagazine.com/whos-2015 So far,

Naperville leads the pack for initial buyers According to a recent analysis, four Chicago suburbs are among the top 100 best cities for first-time homebuyers. The study, which was conducted by WalletHub, a company that focuses on smart financial decisions, ranked

Midwest Real Estate Date (MRED), Chicagoland’s MLS, announced that realtor.com and Homes.com, two of the nations largest home for sales web sits, are now displaying green and energy related information provided by MRED and its real estate professionals. This

Home sales in the Chicagoland area showed unexpected strength in June, according to new analysis from IAR Home sales and median prices in the nine-county Chicagoland area both rose by year-over-year measurements in June, climbing 14.2 percent and 5.7

A proposed tax on advertising has ruffled IAR’s feathers The Illinois Association of Realtors has issued a call to action for members to oppose a proposed 10 percent state sales tax on advertising and related services. “IAR’s Call for

In many Chicago neighborhoods, competition for housing is intense Housing inventory in Chicago rose 17 percent year-over-year in June, reaching its highest level since August 2012, according to Redfin’s Real-Time Housing Market Tracker. Despite that increase, demand is still outpacing supply

CoreLogic released its April cash sales report today, and as has been the trend all year, cash sales declined year-over-year, bringing national levels closer to the pre-crisis baseline of around a 25 percent market share. In April, cash sales

VHT Studios, the Rosemont-based provider of real estate photography to the Chicagoland area, has filed a lawsuit against Zillow Group for copyright infringement. According to a July 8 complaint filed in federal court in Seattle, VHT is alleging that Zillow