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

Home prices continued their steady climb rounding out 2015, rising both year over year and month over month, according to CoreLogic. Across the nation, home price appreciation averaged a 6.3 percent increase from Dec. 2014 to Dec. 2015 –

New analysis from Dodge Data & Analytics paints an encouraging picture for Chicagoland’s new construction marketplace The Chicagoland housing market capped off a strong year of residential investment, according to the latest numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. Per

@properties posted its highest annual sales volume in company history in 2015 with a record $7.349 billion in closed sales, based on 15,632 transaction sides. Sales figures are based on closed transactions reported through Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC

Realtor Chris Read of Woodridge has been named the 2016 Illinois Realtor of the Year by the Illinois Association of Realtors. She is the Managing Broker/Owner of CR Realtor, and is CEO of CR Strategies in Woodridge. The Realtor

How will Chicagoland’s new construction market take shape in 2016? MetroStudy’s new report is out, and it includes many findings that outline what they expect the Chicagoland market outlook to be like in 2016. After narrowing down the most