This year, buyers encountered a 21% decrease in listings from the beginning of 2020, along with a 17% price increase to about $20,000 more than anticipated.

Proper Rate, a joint venture between Guaranteed Rate and @properties, has launched with some key players.

“Based on the rising popularity of the burbs, some buyers might think they can catch a break by searching in the city, but unfortunately that’s not the case,” realtor.com Chief Economist Danielle Hale said.

Jamie Ficco has made the move to Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty.

Results Realty joins ERA Real Estate in a new affiliation.

It was another week of firsts with the increase in home prices more than doubling the rate recorded in January 2020.

Members can now join MRED’s marketplace of 45,000+ real estate professionals and gain access to two dozen products and services.

Localize.city is upping the home search experience game for agents and consumers alike.

Keller Williams ONEChicago welcomes Anthony Hardy as the new multi-family executive director

Home sales across the nation were up 4.3% year over year, making it the third best month for home sales in the 13-year history of the report.

The Sergio & Banks Group will set up shop at @properties’ new Gold Coast flagship.

Appointed last year by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago’s Inclusionary Housing Task Force urged the revision of the city’s affordable housing ordinance.

A new report from the financial website Wallethub ranks each state on COVID-19 restrictions.

Brokers let us know what’s ahead for entry-level housing in Chicagoland.

Back when legislators were crafting language for an ordinance to make it easier for homeowners to build, rent out and remodel accessory dwelling units on their property, the hope from sponsoring Chicago City Council aldermen was that the legislation would have passed by August.

Low inventory of affordable homes is a major problem for today’s local real estate industry. But it’s not the first time Chicago has been short of what it needs in terms of housing.