Since 1972, the Building Industry Association of Greater Chicago has honored the best of the best in the building industry with its annual Key Awards.

@properties and Christie’s International Real Estate is expanding to Madison, Wisconsin, by partnering with a local brokerage there. That firm, LeGrand Real Estate, is rebranding @properties elleven Christie’s International Real Estate.

In Chicago, home prices rose 4.8% year over year and dipped 0.5% month over month.

The median Illinois home price stayed the same in February 2023, year over year, according to new data from Illinois REALTORS®: $240,000.

Tiny Bannockburn has a population of just 1,315, but the Lake County suburb ranked No. 1 on Niche’s new list of the best places to live in Illinois.

Nationally, the week of April 16-22 is likely to provide sellers with the most favorable conditions for a successful sale of any week of the year, although the exact timing varies widely by market. 

Four decades after its founding, HODC remains true to its mission: to develop, manage and preserve housing that is affordable to low- and moderate-income households, primarily in Chicago’s northern suburbs.

The trends we’ve been noticing across Chicago’s suburban housing market were reinforced by new data from the Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS®.

Illinois REALTORS® spent big in this year’s aldermanic elections, allocating at least $500,000 across a total of 26 local races. It was an unprecedented move by the organization during an election cycle that promised major turnover in City Council.

With the opening of a nearby leasing center, pre-leasing for The Row Fulton Market has officially begun. Developer Related Midwest made the announcement.

Jamie Franz, Bradley Rasof and Scott Schneiderman have been in the mortgage business for decades — and they’ve been friends for almost as long. Now, they’ve teamed up formally at CrossCountry Mortgage.

People staying in their homes longer is contributing to the lack of inventory that continues to impact buyers.

As home prices have surged in many places over the last five years, Illinois lagged the national average.

The Move Smarter Team at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago has opened a new office in west suburban Geneva. 

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index rose 5.8% year-over-year in December, compared to a 7.6% gain in November.

Realtors in Northern Illinois are still bullish about the market, according to a new report from the Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS® — even though January 2023 showed decreased home sales year over year.