Guaranteed Rate’s mortgage portfolio has seen one of the largest gains in the country, according to the newly released U.S. Residential Property Loan Origination Report from RealtyTrac. Per RealtyTrac’s analysis of publicly recorded mortgages and deeds of trust, Guaranteed Rate

Though crime can be found in all major cities, the severity and frequency of it vary greatly from metro to metro, as two new reports from real estate analytics provider NeighborhoodScout recently pointed out. Annually pulling data from upwards of 18,000

Chicagoland may have fallen on the lower end of the spectrum in WalletHub’s new ranking of 2016’s best cities for real estate agents – the Windy City placed 130 out of 150 – but there remain many positives in the area’s

The middle class is finding it increasingly difficult to afford new homes. But the residential market is not correcting itself to accommodate them, a new report from John Burns Real Estate consulting suggested. Instead, the future of new home demand

Lincoln Park and Hinsdale were the top luxury housing markets in Chicagoland in January, according to a custom Real Data report by Chicago Agent. For the month, Lincoln Park saw 16 luxury sales with an average price of $2,181,642.19, while Hinsdale

Homebuyers in Chicagoland break even on their homes sooner than expected It takes just over two years for homebuying to make more financial sense than renting in Chicagoland’s housing market, according to a recent analysis from Zillow. The “Breakeven

The Historic Chicago Bungalow Association (HCBA), a non-profit organization dedicated to the maintenance and preservation of Chicago’s signature home, is working to make the cold months more tolerable for vintage home owners – while saving them some money – through

In our latest Real Data report, we have the agents who closed January’s top deals Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo and townhome closings in Chicagoland’s housing market in January: Single Family Condo Townhome Single

The La Grange office of Coldwell Banker has added agents Georgia Kass and Doug Hanscom, according to a statement from the brokerage. “Georgia prides herself on being able to build trusting relationships with her clients and always goes the extra mile

Among many interesting insights into Chicagoland’s housing market, our Real Data 2015 report featured rankings on the top offices in the area by sales volume. Among Chicagoland’s offices, though, which ones saw luxury home sales – transactions with sales prices of

According to a Dodge Data & Analytics report, Chicago was ranked as one of the top metro areas for new commercial and multifamily construction in 2015, with a total dollar amount of $5.9 billion in housing starts. Chicago was

New numbers from Zillow show suburban home price gains outpacing city’s In the eternal rumble between urban and suburban housing markets, recent numbers have put the advantage firmly in the suburban corner for Chicagoland’s marketplace. According to a recent

Chicago Agent magazine’s Real Data report is one of our most hotly anticipated features of the year, and the 2015 report – which appeared on Chicago Agent’s website at the end of January – provided considerable insight into Chicagoland’s

Nicholas S. Gouletas, a Chicago developer often called the “Condo King,” has declared personal bankruptcy after experiencing complications relating to a failed $950 million purchase of an apartment portfolio in 2013, according to Chicago Real Estate Daily. Gail Lissner, vice

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced Carma Baker as the new managing broker of the Northbrook office. “We would like to applaud Carma’s inspiring transition from independent sales associate in the Glencoe office, to managing broker,” said Fran Broude, president

Real estate markets across the country continued hemorrhaging cash last October, a new report from CoreLogic confirmed, with the share of total sales falling 2.6 percentage points year-over-year. However, as is typical of the season, the amount of cash