Thank you to everyone who came to our Agents’ Choice Awards party last night, and congratulations again to all our nominees and winners! We’ve listed them below so you can keep congratulating your peers on their accomplishment.    

The real estate market continues to slow down nationwide, but are the national trends consistent here in Chicago? The U.S. housing market continued to slow in September, according to the latest Real-Time Fastest Markets report from Redfin, which measured

August was another solid month for home prices in the Windy City in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Home prices in the Chicago metropolitan area rose 8.7 percent year-over-year in August, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price

In the latest of our monthly feature, we look at what the busiest neighborhoods and surrounding suburbs were in the wonderful Chicagoland in September. September, as we reported earlier, was a very positive month for Chicagoland real estate: home

New data from NAR shows that pending home sales continued their downward progression in September. Pending home sales fell once again in September, with the Pending Home Sales Index from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) falling 5.6 percent

We’ve been seeing reports that housing inventory is beginning to stabilize; is that true here in Chicago, though? Up, or down? That’s always the question when it comes to housing inventory, and with new realtor.com data in tow, we’re

According to Midwest Real Estate Data, the average selling price for detached and attached single family homes in Chicago dropped to about $185,000 from more than $200,000 in June. Home sales are slowing down like they usually do as

In 1995, Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan sang to the world for the first time that despite all his rage, he was “still just a rat in a cage.” Today, those very lyrics have helped ensure that Corgan

Charles Woodyard stepped down as CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) on Tuesday Oct. 15. A day later, Mayor Rahm Emanuel nominated a potential replacement, whom the CHA board will reportedly consider. Emanuel picked Building Commissioner Michael R.

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), reported today that in both dollar volume and total transactions, 2013 is already the best calendar year in area real estate since 2007. To date MRED sold real estate

Existing-home sales declined a bit from August to September, though housing inventory continued to show promising signs. After hitting their highest level in nearly four years, existing-home sales came back down to earth in September, declining 1.9 percent to

Housing activity remained very strong throughout Chicagoland in September, with both the city and suburbs posting strong numbers. Homes sales in the nine-county Chicago Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area rose 25.6 percent year-over-year in September, rising to an impressive total of

Builders Digital Experience, Inc. (BDX), a joint venture between Move, Inc. and Builder Homesite, Inc., announced this month a unique partnership with nine multiple listing services – including Chicagoland’s Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) – to provide new home

After weeks of voting and hundreds upon hundreds of votes cast, we have our nominees for the 2013 Agents’ Choice Awards. Stay tuned for our Nov. 4 Agents’ Choice issue, where we will announce the winners!     Here

Builder confidence had been on a tear recently, but new data from the NAHB suggests a cooling off period. Builder confidence for the newly built, single-family home market stumbled a bit in October, with the National Association of Home

There are many ways that homeowners can improve their residences, but what projects are the most popular? Home improvement projects are among the key tenets of homeownership. You purchase a home, renovate certain aspects of it, and then, several