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Chicagoland Home Prices Up 11.8% in CoreLogic HPI

Home prices continued their ascent in February, according to the latest index from CoreLogic. Home prices in the Chicagoland area increased 11.8 percent year-over-year in February, according to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic. Though encouraging, that yearly

@properties Launches New Chicago Real Estate Website

@properties, the Chicago area’s largest independent real estate brokerage, has announced the launch of its new company website. The completely redesigned site features a brand new look and integrates everything from in-depth neighborhood information and local market trends to

How Much Square Feet Does $1 Million Buy You in Chicago?

$1 million is a great deal of money…or is it? How much does $1 million really buy you in today’s real estate markets? How much housing does $1 million really buy you? That was the question behind a recent

Inventory in Chicago Hops 3.9% in February

Housing inventory has been a most blue of topics for our local market, but have things finally turned around? We keep hearing reports that the nation’s housing inventory has turned the corner, but how true is that in our

Edward R. James Companies Receives Unanimous Approval for Westgate at The Glen

Edward R. James Companies, a Glenview-based developer and homebuilder, has announced that the company received unanimous approval from the Village of Glenview’s Board of Directors for Westgate at The Glen, a new 29-acre residential community. Westgate at The Glen

Residential Construction in Chicagoland Jumps 67% in February

We keep hearing about the nation’s residential construction market, but what about our local market? The nation’s residential construction market has been receiving (justly, we should add) quite a bit of attention from analysts and housing professionals alike, and

Carrington Real Estate Continues to Expand Coverage Across U.S.

Carrington Real Estate Services, a corporately owned and operated national brokerage, announced that it is once again expanding its coverage across the U.S. In response to growing demand in multiple key markets, the company has added offices in Arlington

@properties Adds The Schiller Team To Their Elmhurst Office

Chicago based real estate firm, @properties has announced its addition of the Schiller Team to the firm. The top producing brokerage team previously comes from Koenig & Strey Real Living and is made up of brother and sister, Tim

Award-Winning Coldwell Banker Chicago Broker Jennifer Ames Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary

The year of 2014 is proving to be a memorable one for Coldwell Banker Chicago residential broker Jennifer Ames, who celebrates 20 years on the Chicago real estate scene and claims the top selling agent ranking in the city

Chicago Home Prices Up Yearly, Down Monthly in Case-Shiller

It was a contradictory month for home prices in the Chicagoland area, according to the latest Case-Shiller. January was a most contradictory month for home prices in the Chicagoland area, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from

What Were Chicagoland’s 10 Busiest Suburban Markets in February?

Where was the real estate action taking place in Chicagoland’s suburbs in February? We all saw the headlines, and they weren’t pretty: with the winter weather in full force, home sales in the Chicagoland region were down 8.2 percent

Coldwell Banker Announces Top 2013 National Award Winners

Coldwell Banker Real Estate has announced its 2013 year-end award recipients, with five local agents receiving awards. Mary Wallace, Frank DeNovi, Patricia Furman, Jennifer Ames and Dawn McKenna were all honored in the Top Ten Sales Associates in North America

NAR Holding Tech Edge Conference April 3

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is holding an e-PRO NAR Tech Edge conference on Thursday, April 3 from 9 am to 4:30 pm at the Realtor Building in Chicago. The conference, led by NAR Director of Digital Engagement

Nasty Weather Pushes Chicagoland Home Sales Down 8.2% in February

Winter was none too kind to Chicagoland in February, with his cold gusts and snowfall harming the area’s housing market. The bitter winter weather was unkind to home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland area, which fell 8.2 percent year-over-year

How Does Growing Inequality Affect the Housing Market?

Economic inequality is surging just about everywhere; how could that impact the local housing market? Income inequality has become a major news item in recent months, and for good reason – by almost every economic measure, inequality has increased

February Another Steady Month for North Shore Home Sales

Despite the unusually bitter cold temperatures and record snowfall in Chicagoland this winter, home buyers continued to take advantage of the opportunity to buy now as home sales continued at pace with last year’s February trends, reported the North

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