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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

Time on Market in Chicago Down 7.41%

Median time on market was way out of whack during the years of the downturn; has it finally turned the corner? Time on market has been among the most oft-watched measures of the housing recovery, and new numbers from

MRED Calls a Halt to Listing Syndication Madness

“If you are like me,” said MRED President and CEO Russ Bergeron, “you are getting tired of listening to the constant barrage of announcements on how multiple listing services (MLSs) are going to take control of listing syndication by

Housing Performance Differs Radically Across Chicago

‘A Tale of Two Cities’ is often summoned when discussing Chicago, and the metaphor is particularly apt for the city’s housing market. Recent housing numbers out of Chicago have been very impressive. In January, for instance, median price in

Price Per Square Foot in Chicagoland Leaps 16.5% in February

Property values in Chicagoland continued to increase markedly in February, according to the latest numbers. Home values have been rising steadily in many metropolitan housing markets, but did that progress end in February? Take a look at our graph,

Katy Thomas Founds Prime Title

Prime Title, a new real estate title company located in Chicago, began operation on January 10. Founded by real estate industry expert Katy Thomas, Prime Title provides one-on-one title services for real estate attorneys, lenders, developers and brokers. Backed

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