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First-Time Homebuyers Account for Majority of Illinois Sales in 4Q 2010

The Chicagoland region ended 2010 nearly even with home sales in 2009 while statewide the Illinois housing market continued to ride out the turbulent economic times boosted by sales from the homebuyer tax

California Joint Venture Takes Over New England Builders’ Lake Bluff Development

California thinks they can do it better; a California developer is buying a failed 47-acre residential development in Lake Bluff about seven months after taking over seven suburban projects started by now-defunct Kimball Hill

Chicago Remains Third Largest US City

As data from the 2010 Census is released for states across the country, the figures released yesterday for Texas show that Houston remains smaller than Chicago, the third most populous city in the

Home Sales in Metro Chicago Real Estate Market Showed Resilience During January

Home sales in the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market showed encouraging resilience in January even though total home sales slipped 3.7 percent below the level recorded in the same month of 2010, according to an analysis by

Condo Sales Down and Rentals Up

The downtown residential market has become good for apartment developers and owners, who are benefiting from the lack of condominium sales. During the condo boom, developers hurriedly built new condo buildings and many existing apartment buildings turned condo. However

Chicago Ranks First in U.S. LEED-Certified Structures

The Windy City currently leads the U.S. in the number of LEED-certified

North Side Former Nursing Home to Turn into Rentals

With the demand in North Side housing, a developer has proposed to turn a former nursing home into rental

More Chicagoans Are Moving to the Suburbs

By Tom Butala The U.S. Census Bureau has released Illinois data collected in its 2010 polling, revealing a migration of residents from Chicago to its

Poll: Do You Use QR Codes?

QR codes are all the rage right now. Short for “quick response,” these small, square codes can be seen in print ads, magazines, billboards and trade-show booths. They’re especially relevant to real estate, however, because they’re efficient — within

Target Announces Chicago Loop Location

By Tom Butala Target announced yesterday the addition of a new Chicago store in the iconic Carson Pirie Scott building, now known as Sullivan

Downtown Condo Sales Crawl Through 2010

Chicago condo and town home developers lost more contracts than they took on in the fourth quarter of

Former Microsoft Exec Buys Streeterville Penthouse

According to ChicagoMag.com, Former Microsoft CTO David Vaskevitch has purchased a Streeterville penthouse owned previously by developer Dan

Chicago Home Prices See Improvement

Clear Capital has released its February monthly Home Data Index (HDI) Market Report, and reports positive indicators for home prices in

Airhart Construction Opens New Townhome Model at Courthouse Square in Wheaton

Airhart Construction recently lifted the curtain on The Blanchard, a brand new model at Courthouse Square a community of 46 Georgian-style luxury townhomes on the site of the historic DuPage County Courthouse campus in Wheaton. Visitors can tour the

Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards Honor City Innovators

According to ChicagoTribune.com, A number of community innovators were honored this Tuesday at the Chicago Neighborhood Development

Inland to Auction Income-Producing Investment Properties

Inland Real Estate Brokerage & Auctions, Inc. announced today the upcoming auction of multiple income-producing investment properties located in Chicago and Northwest Indiana during an auction event on March

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