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See our chart below for the top-selling Chicago neighborhoods in August, according to research from Redfin. To adjust between total home sales and the single-family/condo markets, click on the tabs. Total Home Sales Single-Family Home Sales Condo/Townhome Sales Neighborhood Total
The Chicagoland housing market contains several of the most exclusive markets in the U.S., according to a new analysis from Coldwell Banker. Billing itself as “the most extensive home price comparison tool in the United States,” the Coldwell Banker Home Listing
In our new Real Data report, we’ve detailed the agents who closed August’s top home sales throughout Chicagoland. Click on the tabs below to adjust between the single-family, condo and townhome markets: Single Family Condo Townhome Single Family Sales Price Property
The “Profile of Real Estate Firms” is among the most interesting annual surveys from the National Association of Realtors. Conducted among its executive members, the profile offers an in-depth look at the higher echelons of the industry, as well
After a disappointing July, the Chicagoland housing market recovered strongly in August and closed out the summer on a positive note, according to new numbers from the Illinois Association of Realtors. With transactions totaling 11,906 for the month, Chicagoland home
For some time now, agents and analysts alike have wondered why so few Millennials are buying homes, but new Census data has provided a remarkably straightforward answer – they’re all living at home with their parents. Compiled by Time magazine,
Eighty percent of U.S. metro areas are lacking in single-family home construction, and few areas are in greater need than Chicagoland, according to a new analysis from the National Association of Realtors. Comparing home construction to job gains from
The National Association of Home Builders wants to organize its membership to help pass 15 of what it describes as “critical” building code changes. In its release, the association wrote: “NAHB is urging its members to get involved locally
You now have the opportunity to live like the Brat Pack in the brick house from “Sixteen Candles.” The 3,250-square-foot home in Evanston offers six bedrooms, four bathrooms, a renovated kitchen, media room, recreation room and a big backyard
A Florida woman has been given three months to vacate and demolish the open-air treehouse she’s been living in since 1992. While the treehouse is build on property the woman owns, it failed to meet Miami-Dade County building code,
Both economic and personal concerns are stopping renters from buying homes, according to the latest Housing Opportunities and Market Experience (HOME) survey from NAR. Conducted on a quarterly basis, the HOME survey polled Americans about their confidence in the
In Jan. 2005, Alan Reynolds, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, said that it would be “financially foolhardy” to listen to “housing bubble worrywarts.” A few months later, Jude Wanniski, a former adviser to President Ronald Reagan, authored
About one in five homes purchased last year was bought as an investment property, according to the National Association of Realtors. The average investor had a median household income of just over $95,000 and bought a single-family home within
Keller Williams has announced that the Apostal Group will be joining the new partnership of MKT Properties and Weinberg Choi Realty at KW’s first market center in Lincoln Park. Nicholas Apostal, co-founder of The Apostal Group, said that the
The American public views the real estate industry more positively than at any time in the last decade, according to new research from Gallup. Based on its annual polling of public sentiment, Gallup found that 44 percent of Americans