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

We all know that higher interest rates lead to larger mortgage payments, but the impacts differ substantially across the nation’s metro areas. #467982755 / gettyimages.com It’s one of the essential truisms in real estate – higher mortgage rates equal

Asking prices grew all over the nation in July, but they showed particular strength in our metro area. #470620827 / gettyimages.com Asking prices in the Chicago metropolitan area rose 12.9 percent year-over-year in July, according to the latest Price

CoreLogic released home price increases for June, and most market appear to be well on their way to a full recovery. But not all. Home prices are continuing to rise in Illinois’s hottest real estate market, Atlanta, which bodes

Residential construction is gaining ground in many metropolitan areas in the U.S. Unfortunately, not everyone did so well in June. McGraw-Hill released its June construction report this week, and the news confirmed more of what’s been taking place in Chicago recently: despite strong

Almost seven years after the collapsing of the housing bubble, and CoreLogic says the nation is recovery swiftly – maybe too swiftly, in fact. On Thursday, CoreLogic released its June National Foreclosure report, which showed minimal but steady year-over-year