Housing affordability is a major problem, and new research has added an additional wrinkle to the crisis. Housing affordability (especially in the new home market) may be worsening nationwide, but it has nothing on the affordability squeeze facing renters

What was the deal with our local new construction marketplace last month? February proved a lackluster month for residential new construction in the Chicagoland area, according to new numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. For the month, residential construction

The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network recently honored its associates whose 2014 residential sales achievements earned them coveted spots in its year-end Residential Top 20. Each year, the network gives special recognition to its Top 20 individual residential

Everyone should be concerned about rising levels of inequality – especially residential real estate professionals. The Brookings Institution just updated its data metrics on inequality in the U.S.’ largest metro areas, and the results are – to put it

On Sunday, Feb. 22, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group held a pet adoption event at its Schaumburg office. Chicagoland Dog Rescue, a foster based dog rescue in Schaumburg, and the KoenigRubloff Cares Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports local

Clayton Jirak, a real estate agent with Redfin, has been selected from a distinguished pool of candidates as one of 50 finalists for Realtor magazine’s 30 Under 30 contest, class of 2015. Jirak, who specializes in the North Side

In the nine-county Chicago Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area, home sales in February totaled 5,611, a decrease of 1.3 percent from Feb. 2014, according to the latest analysis from the Illinois Association of Realtors. Though still a decrease, February’s sales activity

The single-family home market for new construction has trended towards affluence, and so has the rental market. The last couple months, we’ve been reporting with regularity on how our nation’s issues with inequality have manifested themselves in new construction,

Sure, negative equity has improved overall, but what of properties on the lower-end of price spectrum? Though 25.1 percent of mortgage properties in Chicagoland remain in negative equity, that pales in comparison to the 41.5 percent of properties in

Fortune Magazine recently published its annual list of the most admired companies in the world, and Berkshire Hathaway found itself ranked as the third most admired company, just below Apple and Google. As part of the Berkshire Hathaway family

Homeowners are benefiting from rising home prices that improve equity, but that doesn’t mean negative equity still isn’t a problem. Equity continued building in the fourth quarter of 2014, CoreLogic’s newest report concluded, showing that by year’s end, 1.2

Midwest Real Estate Data’s (MRED) new President/Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Jensen has certainly hit the ground running. While she focused on getting to know MRED, its staff and existing culture initially, Jensen has already made great stride as MRED’s leader. For example, in her

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage will be holding a grand opening event, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, to unveil its new Northbrook office at 1925 Cherry Lane. The event will bring together agents, managers and influential

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently welcomed 10-year real estate veteran Realtor Sandy Workman to their Bradley office. Workman has the BBA, GRI, CNE, e-PRO, CNHS, RCC, and SFR designations and is an expert in buying and selling residential and

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently announced Realtor Carolyn Barnes is now affiliated with the brokerage’s Hyde Park office. A 20-year real estate veteran, Barnes chose to affiliate with Coldwell Banker is their technology, reputation and the Hyde Park office

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently named Christopher Stephens the managing broker of the Coldwell Banker Evanston office. Stephens entered the real estate industry nearly 10 years ago, and has since continuously ranked in the top 5 percent of producers in