What suburbs finished out 2014 on top? We recently reported on Chicagoland’s top-selling suburbs of Dec. 2014, and now we’re back (using numbers from Redfin’s Market Tracker) to report on what suburbs saw the most sales for all of 2014.

One may think that warmer months are better for selling homes, but the data tells another story. What if we were to tell you that it really makes no difference when you list your client’s home, in terms of

Nancy Nagy, Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty, has been named to the 2014 Swanepoel Power 200 list. The Swanepoel Power 200 is a comprehensive roster of leading CEOs and senior executives whose leadership and experience

We’ve covered multifamily ascendence before, but this is the most telling statistic of all. Earlier this week, we reported on two facets of new construction: first, that overall construction spending in Chicagoland grew by hefty amounts in 2014; and

Guaranteed Rate released its quarterly summary of the mortgage market, which found an increase in purchased loans and a return of the ARM. Analyzing data housed in its massive database of home loans, Guaranteed Rate, one of the nation’s

Slow home prices in December are likely to roll over into 2015. Early today, February 3, CoreLogic released its Home Price Index for December 2014. While price appreciation was relatively flat from a month prior, CoreLogic researchers found prices

Related Midwest, a growing Related Realty residential brokerage unit, plans to open a Bucktown office this year with intentions to lease or buy more than 3,000 sq. ft. in the area by June. The move comes amid plans to increase its

2014 was a very good year for new construction in Chicagoland, according to the latest stats. Total residential construction spending in the Chicagoland area was $4.293 billion in 2014, a 19 percent increase from 2013, according to new numbers

What neighborhoods in the Second City saw the most sales activity in 2014? Last week, we reported on the top-selling neighborhoods in Chicago in December, and that once again, the Near North Side came out on top. Was that the

Hundreds of thousands of potential homebuyers will be boomeranging back to the housing market over the next seven years. The Chicagoland area is poised to see more than 300,000 potential homebuyers enter the housing market fray over the next

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently named Kate Santo Reisinger, CRP, the relocation director. Formerly the operations manager for the Coldwell Banker Central Region Service Center, Reisinger will now leverage her extensive knowledge of the industry to spearhead the relocation

What Chicago neighborhoods ended 2014 with a bang? Yesterday, we reported that Aurora was Chicagoland’s top-selling suburban housing market in Dec. 2014; what neighborhood in the city proper came out on top in the holiday season? To find out, we dug

Last week, we reported that home sales in Chicagoland closed out 2014 on a disappointing note; what suburban markets, though, saw the most home sales activity in December? To find out, we dug through fresh numbers from Redfin’s Market Tracker,

We’re all waiting for Chicagoland’s housing inventory situation to improve…but that has yet to happen. The inventory situation in Chicagoland continued to worsen in 2014, according to new numbers from realtor.com. Per realtor.com’s analysis, inventory in Chicagoland dropped by

For a successful 2015, does Chicago need more building? The Windy City finished out the year with a whimper, as our own Peter Ricci reported last week, which wasn’t a wholly unexpected result, but some were surprised to see

Home prices in the Chicagoland area did not set the indices on fire in the latest Case-Shiller. Home prices in the Chicagoland area continued to moderate in November, falling 1.1 percent from October but rising a modest 2.0 percent