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CoreLogic: Chicago home prices skyrocketing

Homeowners nationwide enjoyed a more than 8% increase in home prices over the last 12 months ending in November, making it the largest year-over-year increase since March 2014, according to the CoreLogic Home Price Index.

This farmhouse is a work of art

Famed architect Joe Boggs transformed this northern Virginia farmhouse into a modern work of art that’s been featured in publications like The Washington Post and Builder magazine.

Hobbit house comes with a farm

This single-family farm home is like any other, except you’re gonna have to mow the house from time to time.

Guaranteed Rate hits the ice with two new partnerships

Guaranteed Rate has teamed up with the National Hockey League and U.S. Figure Skating to become the official mortgage partner of both entities.

The top 10 Who’s Who profiles

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The top 10 cover stories of 2020

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NAHB: Expect more home construction in 2021

The gap between sales and construction reached a record high in 2020, which likely means a slowing down in sales and growth in construction in 2021, according to a year-end report by the National Association of Home Builders.

The top 10 local stories of 2020

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Chicago leads nation in improved home sales

Inventory also reached its lowest point in the report’s history, down 31.8% from the same time last year and down 13.3% from October.

Celebrity retreat house could be yours

The so-called “Old Burris Home” in Lincoln, North Carolina, was originally owned by the owner of Burris Industries (furniture manufacturer) and served as an entertainment hot spot for celebrities such as baseball legend Mickey Mantle.

This log cabin is the oldest in North America

It’s the oldest log cabin in North America still standing on its original site.

Housing starts surge in September as builders push to meet demand

 National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun called September’s rise in housing starts “welcome news.”

Over a third of Chicago listings in bidding wars

More than half of Redfin listings (54%) experienced bidding wars in November, down only 4 percentage points from the previous month, according to the online broker’s new report.

Chicago City Council passes accessory dwelling unit pilot program

The Chicago City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate at its Dec. 15 meeting voted 22-1 to send an ordinance to the full council that would legalize the construction and conversion of basement and coach house apartments in five “pilot areas.”

Chicago ranks 28th priciest luxury market in the U.S.

The flight of homeowners from large urban centers to the suburbs has unexpectedly begun to reshape residential real estate, but luxury property in large cities have also gotten a boost from the hot market.

Next phase of Southbank, The Reed, set for Printers Row

Lendlease has announced its new development The Reed, a 41-story luxury residential high-rise, as the next phase of its Southbank development in Chicago’s Printers Row neighborhood.

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