The Chicago Cubs and Rosemont-based Wintrust Financial have entered an agreement that will make the lender the Cubs’ official banking partner, replacing a handful of other banks the team had worked with in recent years that included Bank of

What suburban markets in Chicagoland saw the most home-sale activity in the month of October? Earlier today, we reported that Chicagoland’s overall housing market continued to normalize in October, with sales falling, prices rising and greater balance coming to

Though the latest housing report on Chicagoland home sales would seem distressing, it’s all a matter of perspective. Home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland area slipped 3.3 percent year-over-year in October, falling to 9,146, according to the latest analysis

The term “affordability” is thrown around quite a bit, but when it concerns the middle class, the scenario is all the more interesting. Chicagoland is the second-most affordable large metro area in the nation, with 67 percent of the

#185233506 / gettyimages.com In a recent definitive agreement between loanDepot, LLC and Mortgage Master, Inc., loanDepot, LLC will acquire the super-regional mortgage lender and one of the country’s largest privately-owned mortgage companies. LoanDepot, LLC, the nation’s second largest nonbank

Our new construction market, according to new data, is among the nation’s best. #128108910 / gettyimages.com Through September of 2014, Chicago had the No. 6 new construction market in the country. According to fresh numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics, Chicago’s construction

Chicagoland real estate brokerage Baird & Warner was named the top workplace in Chicago among large employers in the Chicago Tribune‘s 2014 “Top Workplaces” report. Baird came in second in 2013, and it was hardly the only real estate company on

Cash investors continue to stay away from the real estate market, keeping cash sales relatively low. Cash sales remain steady in the month of August, according to a new report from CoreLogic. Though the market is continue to shed

The emotions that Illinois homebuyers most often experience may surprise you. Homebuyers experience many emotions when searching for a home, but what emotions do Illinois homebuyers experience the most often?  That was the question of a BMO Harris study

Earlier this year, Wintrust Mortgage launched Armed Services Knowledge (A.S.K.) to help bolster the marketing and educational resources available to originators working with veterans and armed services families. In recognition of their efforts, the lender, along with 16 other

Second Century Ventures’ REach Accelerator hosted a leadership panel and technology demonstration at the National Association of Realtor’s Annual Conference, featuring top executives from many of the world’s leading real estate firms: Steve Berkowitz, CEO, Move Inc. Gino Blefari, incoming CEO,

In case you were wondering, our housing market continues to get less affordable, not more. In the last year and a half, housing affordability in America has dramatically fallen, and our local metro is no exception. We recently reported that NAR’s Housing

The city of Chicago is planning a large-scale architectural event to showcase groundbreaking work and new design experiments. The city of Chicago has unveiled plans for “The Chicago Architecture Biennial,” a multi-month international architectural event developed by the city’s Department

In a city-wide examination of the relationship between median monthly rent price asked (MMRA) and proximity to a CTA station for selected neighborhoods in the Chicago metro area, RentHop found that at both the city-wide and neighborhood level MMRA

Baird & Warner announced that top producing real estate broker in Chicago’s North Shore, Catherine Leonard, has been named the new managing broker of the Evanston sales office. Leonard’s new role calls on her to provide sales training and mentorship to the

Though prices have shown signs of a slowdown at 2014 draws to a close, they’ve remained in positive territory. Though asking prices nationwide have shown some signs of a slowdown, they remained in confidently positive territory through October, according