It was supposed to be the end of the McMansion era. New homes in the U.S., after steadily growing in size for more than 30 years, finally reached their peak during the mother of all housing bubbles. Following the inevitable

Utah’s Department of Commerce released a statement on behalf of the Utah Division of Real Estate warning the public and industry professionals that hackers are targeting homebuyers. It’s the most recent reminder that an old scam can still find

Recently, Redfin surveyed buyers on their concerns about the housing market. Surprisingly, the survey found that homebuyers are not as concerned about supply as they were in the past, despite it being the driving factor of homebuyers’ current concerns –

If a new preference survey from the National Association of Homebuilders is to be believed, demand for green features is here to stay. In a survey ranking 150 different home and community features, the NAHB confirmed late last month that

Last week, we reported on the real estate offices in Chicagoland whose Q1 2016 business has risen – and fallen – the most over Q1 2015, based on their overall ranking in the marketplace. Those rankings, though, left out quite

When you have a professional job, finding office outfits can be tough: You don’t want to sacrifice your personal style, but you also want to dress professionally. Your office outfits don’t have to be bland and boring. Your personal

It’s no mystery, for anyone who follows the city of Chicago’s housing market, which eight neighborhoods are the hottest: the Gold Coast, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, the Loop, River North, the South Loop, Streeterville and the West Loop. Among those

As the residential construction industry expands, the cost and availability of labor becomes an issue for home builders and remodelers.  According to NAHB industry surveys from 2013 to 2016, builders indicating that they expect cost and availability of workers to be

This spring homebuying season could be a difficult one for first-time buyers and middle-income consumers in Chicagoland, according to a recent analysis from Zillow. According to the company’s April Real Estate Market Report, the inventory of homes in Chicagoland’s

Our population is aging, and when the current retirement surge is complete, the nation’s real estate landscape may look very different. In a 2015 article from the National Association of Realtors’ Realtor magazine, citing a Counselors of Real Estate survey, the country’s

Ten-X has released its latest Ten-X Residential Real Estate Nowcast, which projects continued growth in existing-home sales for May. According to the Nowcast, May existing-home sales will fall between seasonally adjusted annual rates of 5.47 and 5.83 million, with

Recently, we looked at which Chicagoland agents have seen the biggest year-over-year gains in their business so far in 2016, and now we’re back with a similar report on Chicagoland’s real estate offices, albeit with a twist. In addition

Every year, the National Association of Realtors holds a number of events aimed at elevating its membership by introducing them to the cutting edge of the industry – the latest strategies, the trends and the technologies. But this year,

The Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe) has been named a top employer in Illinois by the Daily Herald Business Ledger. MORe ranked sixth out of 30 small companies that were recognized as having fantastic work-place atmospheres. Pam Krieter, the

Across the country, the salary needed to live in the largest metro areas has fluctuated in 2016, according to a new report from HSH.com. In the Chicagoland area, the median salary required to live in the metro area is $57,168.35, a 0.15 percent

The 1950s backyard bunker trend has resurfaced, bringing with it a renewed desire for modernized panic rooms. Consumers are pouring a great deal of money into high-tech safe rooms with ballistic fiberglass-reinforced walls, Kevlar-lined doors, bullet-proof windows and high-end