Earlier this week, Illinois’ largest independently-owned brokerage firm and Chicago’s No. 1 residential brokerage, @properties, announced that Rick Sobin has joined the company as its new vice president of brokerage services. Sobin comes from fellow brokerage Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices

The U.S. housing market has been in recovery mode the last two years, and despite gains, some areas remain in dire straights. #sb10064219d-001 / gettyimages.com If the real estate industry can be thought of as its own world, then

New CoreLogic report finds that even though foreclosures are still around, their presence is much less pronounced. #200146144-001 / gettyimages.com In 2013, foreclosures were at the epicenter of the housing conversation. However, after a year of tirelessly closing short

Though our marketplace has traversed quite the terrain since 2008, new data shows that it still has quite a bit of ground to cover. #79395361 / gettyimages.com We report quite regularly on building permits at the national level, but

In July, Realogy Holdings, one of the world’s leading real estate companies, acquired ZipRealty’s national operations for approximately $166 million. As a result of the sale, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, one of the many brokerage brands owned by Realogy,

Home prices in the Chicagoland region posted excellent returns in the latest Case-Shiller. #182145590 / gettyimages.com Home prices in the Chicagoland metro area rose 1.4 percent from May to June, coupled with a 6.6 percent increase from June 2013,

What neighborhoods in Chicago saw the most home sales in July? #169803608 / gettyimages.com Last week, we reported on the top-selling suburban housing markets in Chicagoland, and this week, we’re applying the same statistical razor to Chicago’s neighborhoods. Armed

What suburban housing markets in Chicagoland saw the most home sales in July? #6042-001522 / gettyimages.com Yesterday, we reported that home sales in the Chicagoland area, including both the city proper and the surrounding suburbs, saw sales fall from

Simply put, without government guarantees, the percentage of first-time homebuyers would be even smaller than it already is. #181215771 / gettyimages.com In June of this year, only 28 percent of existing-home sales went to first-time homebuyers, a historically low

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: sales were down and prices were up in the Chicagoland housing market. #479876685 / gettyimages.com The July housing market in Chicagoland offered yet another chapter to the 2014 storybook of falling sales

New CoreLogic report reveals another month of dwindling cash sales, but some states are maintaining high cash sales volumes. #3464-000089 / gettyimages.com Cash sales in the U.S. were down in May, according to a new report from CoreLogic. Falling

Former MRED CEO Russ Bergeron has joined Real Estate Digital (RED) as the VP of the firm’s data licensing group, according to a new report from Greg Robertson of Vendor Alley. Bergeron, who resigned as MRED’s CEO in late June,

The condo market is showing signs of rebirth, but Chicago new construction still leans heavily for rentals. Though the condo market is making a slow and steady recovery here in Chicago, it still has some ways to go before

It’s been quite the quest, wading through the market’s low inventory, but could the market finally be changing course? #108126479 / gettyimages.com “Low inventory” has, arguably, been the most persistent meme in the housing recovery; indeed, it’s rare to

Foreclosure timelines in some states can take more than three years; is our fine state among such illustrious company? #167335661 / gettyimages.com We’ll cut straight to the chase – according to the latest Mortgage Monitor from Black Knight Financial

Raising a family in the city can be tough, which is why we’ve provided a list of the top five family-friendly neighborhoods in Chicago. #130901875 / gettyimages.com Every major city is, in large part, defined by the areas in