A month after boasting the strongest home price growth in the nation, the Chicagoland housing market continued its strong pace in the most recent Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which covered home prices through June. Per S&P’s computations, home prices

Wintrust Financial Corporation has hired Melissa Donaldson to serve as the company’s chief diversity officer. In that role, she will work with senior leadership company-wide to drive diversity and inclusion priorities, including initiatives aimed at increasing diversity in leadership

The final full week of August brought a treasure trove of interesting real estate stories, including: •More and more homeowners are looking to clean up their embarrassingly messy garages, and are downright giddy at the possibilities. The Wall Street Journal

See our chart below for the top-selling Chicago neighborhoods in July, according to research from Redfin. To adjust between total home sales and the single-family/condo markets, click on the tabs. Total Home Sales Single-Family Home Sales Condo/Townhome Sales Neighborhood Total

The Community High School District 218 in Blue Island is the most improved school district in Chicagoland, according to a new analysis from Trulia. In a partnership with SchoolDigger.com, Trulia analyzed test scores from the past five years to find which

A new Baird & Warner office is coming to the South Loop in the Transportation Building. It will offer the area and surrounding neighborhoods brokerage, mortgage and title services. This office will be Baird & Warner’s 28th location in the Chicago area. “Baird

The Chicagoland new construction market continued its sterling 2016 performance in July, according to new numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In July, Chicagoland saw more than $897 million in total residential construction spending, a whopping 133 percent increase over

See our chart below for the top-selling suburban housing markets in Chicagoland in July, according to research from Redfin. To adjust between total home sales and the single-family/condo markets, click on the tabs. Total Home Sales Single-Family Home Sales

After 13 years as “U.S. Cellular Field,” the White Sox will be changing the name of its home field park to “Guaranteed Rate Field.” The change, which was announced this afternoon and will go into effect on Nov. 1,

Home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland area in July declined 7.3 percent year-over-year, according to new numbers out today from the Illinois Association of Realtors. Median price, meanwhile, continued to rise, closing out the month up 5.8 percent to $238,000. Geoffrey

A study commissioned by Illinois Realtors found that while seniors are concerned about the cost of living in Illinois, they are confident about their ability to afford to rent or buy a new home. The study polled 600 seniors aged

From plummeting sales to skyrocketing levels of negative equity, the housing crisis affected Chicagoland’s market in a number of ways, but how did the metro area’s homeownership rate fair amidst all that upheaval? To find out, we consulted new research

For the second consecutive year, Chicago brokerage Fulton Grace Realty has been recognized in Inc. Magazine’s ranking of America’s fastest-growing private companies. As with 2015, Inc. ranked Fulton Grace in the top half of its 5,000-company rankings, with the

Average closing costs in Illinois are among the lowest in the nation, a new report from Bankrate confirmed. The implementation of TRID, and its new closing disclosure form, has helped reduce confusion around what closing costs actually entail. But

Chicago is already among the six most walkable cities in the U.S., and new research finds that the Windy City’s current construction boom will only boost the city’s walkability further. According to a report from Redfin, a whopping 89 percent of

New home construction in the Chicagoland area is now at its highest level in seven years, according to a new report from Metrostudy. The firm’s analysis, though, extended far beyond that headline-grabbing statistic, and below, we’ve spotlighted the report’s