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Chicago will be home to one of the nation’s busiest real estate markets, according to analysis from Redfin. Andersonville is poised to be one of the hottest real estate markets in the U.S., according to a special report from Redfin.
Chicago Agent magazine released the numbers and ranks the top 20 agents and brokerage offices in Chicagoland’s six counties in its Real Data online issue. Chicagoland’s top five residential real estate offices closed over $4,550,000,000 in 2014, showing an
In 1992, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sold the 628-unit Marshall Field property to a venture of investors with a bid requirement that the property remain for low-income tenants for 25 years. Fourteen years later, Related
Few housing markets will perform better than Chicagoland in 2015, according to new analysis. The year of 2015 will be a good one for real estate in the Chicagoland area, according to the latest Market Report from research firm
Trulia’s fourth quarter Housing Barometer explains how housing ended 2014 on a good note. Trulia released its newest Housing Barometer this week, which reflects 2014’s fourth quarter on a scale of 0 percent (recession levels) to 100 percent (pre-crisis
Cash sales are on the decline, but still represent a large chunk of the market. Recovery was the word in 2014, as the national real estate market shifted and readjusted to find its footing, and as we slowly begin
We’ve come a long ways since the market crash, but new research suggest we’ve still a ways to go. Asking prices may be up in Chicago by 9.6 percent, but the market remains undervalued to market fundamentals, according to
November saw foreclosures drop…just not everywhere. Nationwide, the plague of foreclosures persists, but their frequency has dwindled to much more manageable and healthy levels, according to the latest report from CoreLogic. As of November 2014, completed foreclosures were 41,000,
CoreLogic’s third quarter equity report helps instill confidence for 2015. Early today, CoreLogic released its quarterly equity report, detailing the state of both the nation and individual metros in regards to the current level of equity in the market.
Filling a position left vacant by Russ Bergeron in June of last year, who took an executive position at Real Estate Digital, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s MLS, announced today that Rebecca Jensen will be taking over as
David Weekley Homes, a private homebuilder, is in the process of building its first home in Elmhurst with completion expected for April 2015, according to a press release. The home, dubbed The Emeryman, will be a two story, 3,341-square-foot
Asking prices ended the year with a bang, according to new analysis. The Chicagoland housing market closed off 2014 in a strong way, with asking prices rising 9.6 percent for the year, according to the latest Price Monitor from
Latest CoreLogic report shows prices falling moving into 2015. However, experts say we’re still poised for a strong year. National home prices climbed yet another rung on the industry ladder in November, according to CoreLogic’s latest home price report.
Though Chicagoland’s for-sale market is showing signs of a seasonal slowdown, its rental market continues to charge ahead. The rental market in the Chicagoland area continued its ascent in 2014’s fourth quarter, completing one of the strongest rental years in
We all know that our housing market has quite a bit of value behind it, but what’s the big number that it all adds up to? We’ll cut straight to the big number – $740 billion. That’s the cumulative
David Bailey was recently named managing broker of Baird & Warner’s Lincoln Park sales office after serving as the managing broker of Baird & Warner’s Evanston office. In his new position, Bailey will head the Lincoln Park sales team,