As more new developments continue to appear in downtown Chicago, construction in North Side neighborhoods such as Lincoln Park and Lakeview remains low. With little new construction to compete with, North Side landlords have the ability to raise rent

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has announced that realtor Mimi Napleton Collins is now affiliated with their Halsted office. Collins brings over eight years of experience to Coldwell Banker and joins her son as part of the Conor Scanlon Real

After attending the final hearing of Chicago’s report on their “Accepting the Challenge: Five Year Affordable Housing Plan, 2009 – 2013,” the Chicago Association of REALTORS continue to advocate affordable housing despite rising concerns. From the production of affordable

Deductions are a big part of homeownership; how common are they here in our local marketplace? If you know homeownership, you know the mortgage interest tax deduction, the great grandmaster of tax deductions in the U.S. Indeed, homeownership and

Named the new marketing director of the city region for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, marketing veteran Mark Pullinger is to now oversee marketing operations of six branch offices and 700 real estate agents. “We are excited to have Mark

Guaranteed Rate have announced the launched and debut of its first national television campaign. Featuring home improvement expert Ty Pennington, the advertisements have started to air on TBS, NBA, BBC America, Fox Business News, Destination America and Velocity since

When technology evolves, it becomes a process of making anything and everything convenient. So like everything else it’s the same for brokerages – when they update, it’s always a process to make home buying convenient, accessible any time and

Known as one of the largest privately owned mortgage companies in the country and a super regional mortgage bank, Mortgage Master announces it’s expansion of it’s Midwest production infrastructure and brand with the opening of it’s newest retail branch

It’s been a verifiable roller coaster ride the last couple years when it comes to housing inventory, but are we finally out of the woods? Housing inventory in the Chicago housing market fell just 1.0 percent year-over-year in March,

In the age of new urbanism, where does our metro area rank in terms of density and sprawl? “Density” and “sprawl” have become big buzzwords in housing the last couple of years, and for good reason. With gas prices,

Chicago was recently ranked No. 5 on HomeFinder.com’s list of the top 10 U.S. cities with the most upcoming open houses. With the average cost of an open house listing at $449,900, the Windy City has 95 upcoming open

The housing market has made considerable strides in the last 18 months, but all-cash sales are still in abundance. We’ll cut to the big stat – in Jan. 2014, the latest month for which data exists, 39.8 percent of

Sure, our area has some wonderful luxury housing markets, but in the grander scope of the market, how common are those million-dollar listings? We may hear about luxury real estate on a consistent basis, but luxury listings in the

Spring has been a time for celebration at Related Realty, with the residential brokerage firm marking the one-year anniversary of its 2013 launch just as ten of its agents were named 2013 Top Producers at the Chicago Association of Realtors (CAR)

March was another solid month of price increases in the for-sale and rental markets, both locally and nationally. Chicago’s asking-price fortunes continued in March, according to the latest Price Monitor from Trulia, with asking prices in the area’s housing

Affordability is often crunched into a single number, but how does it differ across the spectrum of salaries? Chicago’s housing market may be relatively affordable, but it only goes so far for someone earning a median salary. That was