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Cotality: Home-price growth falls to 14-year low

The firm expects price growth to pick up again with the start of spring selling season. 

Pearl rolls out first-ever individual performance profiles for every house in America

Pearl assigned a Pearl SCORE to every one of the 92 million single-family homes in the U.S., rating them on how well each performs across five factors of home life: safety, comfort, operations, resilience and energy.

The fallacy of price testing a listing

The push toward private or off‑MLS “test” listings delivers little proven pricing premiums, sells a small share privately and often lengthens time to sell despite industry claims, writes Jonathan Miller, co-founder of property appraisal firm Miller Samuel.

Rechat partners with SkySlope

Through its partnership with SkySlope, a transaction management app founded in 2011, Rechat now incorporates forms and e-signature options, plus data automation tools.

Compass opens first South Side office with affiliation of Town Realty Chicago

The formerly independent brokerage will rebrand as Town Group. 

NAR: Pending home sales post best performance since February 2023

Contract signings were up in all four U.S. regions. 

Chicago Housing Scorecard: Housing starts, inventory shrink

At the same time, existing-home sales declined, and days on market remained flat.

Igloo for sale, snow not included

No need for a winter coat inside this igloo. This one-of-a-kind home in Litchfield, Connecticut, only looks like it’s made of snow.

MRED brings on Quad City REALTORS® as association partner

QCAR serves Rock Island and Moline in Illinois and Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. 

Chicagoland home sales slide 10.5% as prices rise again

The number of homes for sale in Chicagoland fell 9.7% from 14,513 homes in November 2024 to 13,111 properties last month.

2026 outlook: Returning to normal

Slow but steady improvement in inventory, sales and affordability is the consensus outlook for residential real estate in 2026. 

1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 plane crash

The ranch also features a fully-stocked vintage convenience store, geodome, windmill and many other abandoned artifacts.

Lifestyle over luxury: How homebuyers shopped in 2025

Evidence points to home shoppers prioritizing the experiences they’ll have in their home over the style or size, Zillow said.

AIMCO to sell Hyde Park Tower and other Chicagoland apartments for $455 million

The sale is part of the publicly traded landlord’s recently announced plan of liquidation. 

Builder confidence ticks up after December rate cut but remains negative

The NAHB’s monthly survey found the nation’s homebuilders remain optimistic about home sales next year. 

MRED President and CEO Jensen reelected as RESO chair

The Real Estate Standards Organization is a nonprofit organization that develops the data standards and processes used by multiple listing services. 

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