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Windy City Prices Slow to a Crawl in December

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 Realty Plans Bucktown office

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

New Construction in Chicagoland Grew Considerably in 2014

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

Chicago’s Top-Selling Neighborhoods in 2014

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

How Chicagoland Will See 300,147 New Homebuyers Enter the Market

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 Names Kate Santo Reisinger Relocation Director

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

The Top-Selling Neighborhoods in Chicago

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

The Top-Selling Suburbs in Chicagoland

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,

No End in Sight For Chicagoland’s Inventory Spiral

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

Chicago’s New Year Success Hinges on Building, Among Other Things

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

Chicagoland Home Prices Moderate Further in New Case-Shiller

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

2013 Immediate Past President of IAR Named 2015 Illinois Realtor of the Year

CEO of CENTURY 21 Affiliated Chicago, Thomas Bretz, announced that Loretta Alonzo, managing broker of CENTURY 21 Affiliated in La Grange Park, was recognized as the 2015 Illinois Realtor of the Year by the Illinois Association of REALTORS®. Loretta

Coldwell Banker Groves Office Opens Its Doors in Long Grove

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has officially opened the doors of its Groves office, located at 4192 IL Route 83, which will service Buffalo Grove, Long Grove and the surrounding communities. Redesigned with today’s real estate industry in mind, the

Realty Rewind

The Top 20 Agents in Chicagoland Sold 7 Percent Of Chicagoland’s Total Sales Volume Chicago Agent’s Real Data came out on Monday, and interestingly, the top 20 agents in Chicagoland sold 7 percent of the six counties’ total sales

Chicagoland Caps Off Lackluster 2014 with Lukewarm December

It was the same old narrative for the 2014 housing market in December, according to fresh analysis. Home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland totaled 7,971 in December, a 3.7 percent decline from Dec. 2013’s 8,278 sales, according to the

SPECIAL REPORT: Windy City Sees Healthy 2 Year Decline in Foreclosures

Using data provided by CoreLogic, we look closer at the foreclosure and serious delinquency rates of the last two years. Last week, we reviewed CoreLogic’s latest foreclosure report, which provided a brief snapshot of national and local foreclosure levels

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