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

When selling luxury, “sexy” is preferable to “lovely” As Pat Benatar sang, “love is a battlefield” – and as realtor.com analysts have found, love is also a lousy way to sell a home. According to an analysis of 1.6

TRID’s impact on the real estate process has been minimal, though agents are still experiencing some problems with their clients’ documentation, according to a new survey from the National Association of Realtors. Just over 10 percent of Realtor transactions,

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

Boomerang buyers are, as the name implies, ready to return to housing The housing market’s recovery has been slow since the recession, and many consumers are still struggling with the economic fallout. According to a study released by TransUnion, though, there

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

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) has named their new chief marketing officer, Jason Riveiro. Riveiro has more than 10 years of experience in leading multinational strategies for some of the most recognized Fortune 500 companies. Riveiro

Developers of Residences by Armani Casa in Sunny Isles Beach, FL created a special incentive for buyers when they listed the tower’s second $15 million penthouse. According to The Wall Street Journal, the buyer will receive a pair of

The interior of an airplane seems like the perfect place to call home, right? Whether you agree or not, in 1991, Bruce Campbell bought a Boeing 727 for $100,000, renovated it and now calls the jetliner home. The plane

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

The National Association of Homebuilders’ annual International Builders’ Show has become a platform for top and emerging brands to showcase the most innovative technologies in the industry today. Following the trend of sustainable building, which has almost become a new

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

New agreement offers unified platform for transactions Move Inc., which runs realtor.com for the National Association of Realtors, announced an agreement with zipLogix that will bring the zipForm digital library to the Reesio document/transaction management platform, according to Housing