A new study predicts great things for Chicagoland’s housing market in the coming years. Home prices in the Chicagoland residential real estate market are expected to rise by 29 percent from 2012 to 2018, according to the latest report

We all know that rising mortgage rates and price increases have taken a bite out of affordability, but how does renting compare with owning in 2014? The homeownership/renting debate is an everlasting one, but in the post-boom housing market,

The Chicagoland housing market has made considerable strides in the last year, according to CoreLogic’s latest MarketPulse. Home foreclosures in the Chicagoland housing market are down 49.8 percent from their peak, according to the latest MarketPulse report from CoreLogic,

Home prices in Chicago continued to show improvement in December, according to the latest Case-Shiller indices. Chicago home prices rose 11.3 percent year-over-year in December, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s; that’s the

Weichert, Realtors-Kingsland Properties has announced that Realtor Kelly Norris-Fullett has joined the sales team at the agency’s Naperville office. A longtime resident of Naperville, she will assist property buyers and sellers in Will, DuPage, Kane and Kendall Counties. Norris-Fullett is

Though the wintry blasts of January seem to have done their worst to home sales, prices in the Chicagoland region maintained strong Home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland area chills a bit in January, falling 8.9 percent year-over-year to

The city of Chicago put up some great numbers in 2013, but what neighborhoods performed best of all? Last year was a great one for real estate in Chicago. Not only did home sales in the city increase by

Has price per square foot continued its 2013 ascent in the New Year? Many things occurred in the housing market in 2013, but perhaps the most notable was the marked ascent in home prices and the price per square

Homebuilding in Chicagoland made major strides in 2013; what homebuilders were leading the charge? Chicagoland’s new-home marketplace made considerable strides in 2013. With 4,404 new home contracts signed, Chicagoland saw a 27.0 percent increase from 2012, according to analysis

Christine Lutz has been named director of residential brokerage at Kinzie Real Estate Group, announced Steven Maher, managing broker for Kinzie Group. “Christine is a very well known and respected professional in the Chicago real estate market, and we’re extremely privileged to have her

With inventory low and showing no signs of improving, what can agents do to distinguish their clients? Chicago started out 2014 with another double-digit decline in housing inventory, and such low supply in a recovering housing market can only

Magellan Development Group has announced the completion of sales of its nine unique tri-level Aqua Parkhomes in Lakeshore East. Designed by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects, the townhomes are situated at the base of the Aqua tower and

Housing affordability has fallen nationwide in the last year; what of here in Chicago? Housing affordability in the Chicagoland housing market fell 8.7 percent in 2013, according to newly released data by the National Association of Realtors. From 2012

Chicago’s housing inventory blues have not improved much with the New Year. Chicagoland’s housing market has distinguished itself from other national markets in several ways the past few months; unfortunately, the area’s rapidly declining housing inventory has been one

Pat Callan, the managing broker owner of Realty Executives Premiere in Wheaton and NAR member has been named 2014’s Illinois Realtor of the year by the Illinois Association of Realtors. The award is presented to a member of the

Chicagoland’s housing market continued to grow in confidence in January. Asking prices in the Chicagoland housing market increased 15.8 percent year-over-year in January, according to the latest Price Monitor from real estate website Trulia. That was the fourth strongest