Chicago earned a spot on the list of the top 10 most bikeable cities in the U.S., according to Bike Score rankings by Redfin. A bike scoring is a tool used by Redfin company Walk Score that rates locations

Looking to expand in the west and northwest suburbs, @properties has announced that it will be opening a new office in Arlington Heights. The new office is located at 31 S. Evergreen Ave., near the intersection of Arlington Heights

Chicago is one of the rare major housing markets in the country that hasn’t seen an explosion in price and dip in inventory that many large coastal markets have. That’s not the only thing going for the local housing

Compass today announced the launch of its new development division based in Chicago with the hiring of Heather Gustafson as managing director of new development. Gustafson was previously a broker at @properties and led the Heather Gustafson Group, which

Aurora, Illinois ranked No. 4 on a list by SmartAsset for best cities to achieve the American Dream. The list rated cities across the country on their opportunities for homeownership, affordable housing and mortgages, career and economic opportunities, and

Today’s graduates are more likely to be living with their parents than graduates from the previous decade. According to Zillow’s analysis of 2016 Census data, 28 percent of recent graduates live with their parents — up from 19 percent

Trulia has crunched the numbers to determine the best neighborhoods for living well by ranking “universally loved” features like quiet streets, parks and proximity to schools and healthcare. Now the online real estate giant has determined how much a

After joining the Chicago real estate market last fall and quickly attracting one of the city’s top-producing teams, Compass has now made its first major acquisition: Conlon Real Estate. The purchase was announced today in a press release. “In

Kim Kerbis, a top-producing real estate broker at @properties, has joined its management team as vice president of brokerage services and managing broker in the firm’s Goose Island office. “I am honored and excited to serve the best real estate

M/I Homes is debuting its Smart Series homes in two suburban Chicago locations. The Lakewood Springs development in Plano, IL will have 55 single-family homes priced from $189,990 to $213,990, while the Legacy Pointe development in Joliet, Illinois, will have 155

While the country continues to see the effects of an improving economy and low unemployment rates, the recovery is less than ideal for those who want to purchase a home. Homebuyers are up against an increasingly expensive market, with

Lynn Strantz, Midwest Real Estate Data’s vice president of product management, announced her retirement today. Strantz has spent 25 years in the MLS industry and 10 years with MRED, having joined the organization when Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois

Of the top 100 richest places to live in America, 12 are in Illinois — with three suburbs of Chicago new to the ranks. The list, compiled by Bloomberg, takes into account data from the 2016 U.S. Census to

The process of applying for a real estate license or transferring an existing license in Illinois is expected to become significantly easier as the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) unveils a new online system. Managing brokers,

MLS Grid, a platform that allows real estate brokers and their vendors access data from multiple listing services free of typical barriers, recently made its debut in Chicago with plans to expand nationwide. Now, more than 200,000 real estate

Cook County, Illinois, had the biggest population decrease in the country last year, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The county’s population declined by 20,093, from about 5.23 million in 2016 to about 5.211 million in 2017 —