Home prices have increased in a hurry the last year, but has that made homeownership any less practical in certain markets? #476846255 / gettyimages.com In the immediate years after the housing bubble popped, the answer to “rent or buy?”

The Illinois Association of Realtors unleashed its latest market analysis in April, which covered Chicagoland’s housing market numbers through March. Here are the four main takeaways from the report: 1. Home sales are still falling – Though the weather

Residential construction has been making a tepid comeback in recent months; how did March play into that narrative? Let’s put it this way – March was both a wonderfully positive month and an awfully rough month for residential construction

Harvey Louis Haddon passed away Saturday, April 26; he was 75 years old. An obituary in the Chicago Sun-Times states a memorial service will be held April 30 at noon at Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851, Skokie Blvd. in Skokie. www.cjfinfo.com#sthash.zNQmqQxG.dpuf

Home prices offered few surprises in the latest Case-Shiller report. Home prices in the Chicagoland area rose 10.8 percent year-over-year in February, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Still, prices in the area

We keep hearing about how time on market continues to fall, but what do the averages tell us about how fast our market really is? Earlier this week, we reported that nationwide, time on market has fallen seven days

In honor of Earth Day, Redfin released a list of 10 neighborhoods across the U.S. with the largest amount of green homes, and Chicagoland’s Valley View area was ranked number one in the nation. To compile the lists, Redfin data

Pulaski Bank Home Lending opened a new office in Naperville on March 21 under the leadership of Regional Vice President Dan Bauer and Vice President Sales Manager Kevin Napoleon. “We are excited to bring Pulaski Bank Home Lending to

@properties has announced that top-producing broker Debra Dobbs has joined the firm. Dobbs comes to @properties from Berkshire Hathaway Home Services KoenigRubloff Realty Group and has over 30 years of experience in the real estate industry. With more than

Founded in Houston, Texas in 1976, David Weekley Homes has announced it’s expansion midwest to Chicago. This will mark the first time that the home builder will be building homes in this state and anticipated sales of Weekley’s in

We reported earlier on Chicago-wide housing numbers, but what of the suburbs? In March, home sales in the Chicagoland area declined 11.1 percent year-over-year, while low inventory continued to push median home price, which rose 12.9 percent. How did

Related Realty announced that real estate veteran Jeanine McShea has joined the firm as vice president-managing broker. McShea comes to Related Realty with over 25 years of experience holding top leadership roles at some of the largest residential brokerage

Appointed as the new sales support manager at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Lakeview office, Christopher Stephens will assist and mentor agents to help them build their businesses. He will also work one-on-one with agents to teach them about the

March was a very good month for price per square foot in our housing market, according to Movoto. Those signs of a housing recovery just became a bit brighter. According to the latest State of the Real Estate Market

From home-price trends to the latest home sale numbers, we’re dishing the straight facts on Chicagoland’s housing market. The Illinois Association of Realtors unleashed its latest market analysis this morning, covering numbers in Chicagoland’s housing market through March. Here

We’ve been hearing for some time that rents are increasing, but new numbers from Zillow present the issue in a new light. Rising rents, like falling home prices, have been one of the prevailing narratives of the post-bubble housing