Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently announced its association with two Realtors in the Chicago area. Realtor Scott Singer is now associated with Coldwell Banker’s Schaumburg office, while Realtor Terry Young is affiliated with the company’s office in Edgebrook. Singer,

Chicagoland’s housing market showed some definite positivity in 2013, according to CoreLogic. Home prices in the Chicagoland marketplace rose 12.5 percent in 2013, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index. That was the fifth strongest yearly increase of

When it comes to the housing market, Chicago remains a tale of two cities. It’s no mystery that when it comes to home sales, home prices and foreclosure rates, Chicago is very much a tale of two cities, but

Has Chicago’s housing market picked up any steam in the last year, or is it moving sideways? We’ve been reporting with marked regularity on how the nation’s housing market has slowed down, but is that trend consistent here in

Housing inventory is something we follow pretty closely, and realtor.com’s latest numbers suggest quite a bit about the current housing market. Oh housing inventory, how we love you. One of the major narratives of the housing recovery, it seems

Chicagoland put up strong residential construction numbers in December, though the market did take a step back from 2012. Residential construction in the Chicagoland area totaled $259 million in December, according to the latest number crunching over at McGraw

Chicagoland’s foreclosure inventory continues to improve, according to the latest research by CoreLogic. Chicago: Chicagoland’s foreclosure marketplace continued on the path to recovery at the end of 2013, according to CoreLogic’s latest National Foreclosure Report. In Dec. 2013, 3.6

The number of “flipped” homes in Illinois increased by 38 percent in 2013 compared to the previous year, and by a whopping 309 percent from 2011. A total of 5,388 homes were flipped in Illinois – homes purchased and

Even the most loyal Chicagoans might have considered fleeing the Windy City for good during the cruel polar vortex that recently froze Chicago. Like the winter, however, such thoughts don’t last forever. As the temperature warms to a balmy

Jim Weichert, president and founder of Weichert, Realtors, has announced that his son, James Weichert Jr., will be joining him as co-president of Weichert, Realtors. In his new role, Weichert Jr. will be responsible for growing the business of

November 2013 was a good month for home prices in Chicago, according to the latest Case-Shiller report Home prices in the Chicagoland housing market rose 11.0 percent year-over-year in Nov. 2013, the strongest yearly increase for the market since

We may complain about high housing costs in the U.S., but internationally speaking, we don’t have a leg to stand on. It’s a common complaint among consumers that their rent/mortgage payments are too high, but if they only knew

2013 was a great year for real estate in Chicagoland, but what suburban marketplaces put up the best numbers? The year of 2013 was a great one for Chicagoland real estate, with home sales rising 23.0 percent and median

Foreign homebuyers have been one of the more interesting developments in U.S. real estate in recent years, especially here at home. Chicago was the ninth most popular real estate market for international homebuyers in Nov. 2013, according to analysis

How affordable is our city’s housing market, when we view the topic from a salary-centric perspective? With nationwide interest rates on the rise and home prices jumping aggressively in certain marketplaces, housing affordability has once again become a hot-button

Last year proved a very important one for Chicagoland real estate, according to end-of-year analysis by IAR. Home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland area rose 23.0 percent in 2013 over 2012 to a total of 111,427 sales, according to