Earlier this week, Estately Blog released its rankings of U.S. cities by percentage of income spent on owning a home. Chicago was named among the top 15. In recent years, Chicago has been on the slow track to recovery.

Chicago is one of top 25 best U.S. cities for jobs, according to review and recruitment site Glassdoor. The report includes side-by-side comparisons of U.S. cities, analyzing a series of criteria to determine the best metros for employment. In

The Chicagoland housing market is among the most open to Millennial homebuyers – especially those with student debt. That finding came from a new study by Apartment List, which looked at the number of years it takes Millennial consumers

Among many interesting insights into Chicagoland’s housing market, our Real Data 2016 report featured rankings on the top offices in the area by sales volume through the first quarter. Which Chicagoland offices saw luxury home sales – transactions with sales prices of $1 million-plus – make

Chicago was named No. 2 for living destination in U-Haul’s Top 50 U.S Destination Cities for 2015. Chicago was placed within the top 10 moving destinations according to the amount of one-way U-Haul moving trucks rented for that year; it

Did you see this week’s top real estate news? Notable stories included a report on “zombie” foreclosures, as well as new zoning and density allowances for new construction. If you missed any of these, catch up with our real estate news

April showers seem to have brought spring flowers – at least as Chicagoland’s housing market is concerned. According to the newest housing report from the Illinois Association of Realtors, home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland area totaled 10,216 in April, a

Chicago is one of the best cities in the country for startup companies, according to a joint analysis from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 1776 and Free Enterprise. And it has room to improve further. “We are at

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage today announced it has acquired the assets of HomeScout Realty in Chicago. The acquisition expands Coldwell Banker’s real estate sales operations, which now includes 53 offices and approximately 3,700 independent sales professionals in the Chicagoland

Our REAL DATA 2016 reports look at, among other things, the top-producing agents in Chicagoland based on total sales volume. Which Chicagoland agents have seen the biggest year-over-year gains in their business so far in 2016? We took a deeper look at the market

Illinois Realtor Mabèl Guzmàn will be a 2016-2017 NAR vice president, according to a new release from the Illinois Association of Realtors. Guzmàn, a broker for @properties in Chicago, will focus on association affairs, and will be part of NAR 2017 President

  Notable news this week included the sale of the Old Main Post Office and an overview of Streeterville construction. Catch up on this week’s real estate news with our weekly roundup: •Checking up on new construction in Streeterville- What’s

Millennials may be America’s largest, most vivacious generation yet, but new research suggests that their homebuying prospects have only worsened with time. According to a new analysis from Zillow, more Millennials now live with their parents than at anytime

Related Midwest will develop a new property on one of Chicago’s largest vacant spaces, according to an article in Crain’s. The riverside property, which is 62 acres and stretches a half mile from Roosevelt to Chinatown, was originally a dream project

Overall mortgage activity is down in the Chicagoland housing market this year, but that only tells half the story, according to RealtyTrac’s Q1 2016 U.S. Residential Property Loan Origination Report. Through the first quarter, RealtyTrac found, Chicagoland lenders oversaw 45,982

See our chart below for the top-selling homebuilders in Chicagoland in Q1 2016 by net contract signings, according to the latest “Regional Executive Summary” report from Tracy Cross & Associates, Inc. Click here for more perspective on new construction in Chicagoland, and