If you’re a serious builder, chances are that right now (this very moment), you’re either at the NAHB’s International Builders’ Show or want to be. If you’re among the unlucky few who weren’t able to make the trip to

The next interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve will come at its March 15-16 policy meeting, according to The Wall Street Journal. Approximately 66 percent of the economists surveyed in the Journal pointed to the March meeting as the likeliest for

Move Inc., the operator of realtor.com, has hired Suzanne Zinn Mueller as senior vice president of industry relations. Mueller, having spent a decade with Coldwell Banker Bain in Seattle as a marketing executive, joined Move Inc. in December. Mueller said in an

Builder’s are confident, and that bodes well for housing in the New Year Builders are starting out 2016 on confident footing, and that spells promising things for the year’s housing market. That was the central finding in the National Association

Richard Smith, the chairman and CEO of Realogy Holdings Corp., is the most powerful person in real estate. That is according to the Swanepoel 200 list, which ranks the 200 individuals who, in their words, “have the most power

Higher interest rates may not be that big of a threat to housing’s future, after all With interest rates seeing their first increase since 2008, there is concern that the hike will harm the housing market either through harming

Earlier this week, we reported that Winnetka in the suburbs and Lincoln Park in the city saw the most luxury home sales in December, according to numbers pulled for our monthly Real Data series. Were those markets on top for

More underemployed college graduates work in the office sector than service One of the common beliefs about the current job market is the underemployed college graduate being forced to work as a barista, or another form of unskilled labor for

Deerfield was recently ranked as the best Chicagoland city for families in a study by WalletHub.com. Analysts from the website compared cities across the state by 21 key indicators of ideal family conditions, including median family income and housing affordability.

Earlier this week, we reported that Rolling Meadows and the Loop were the fastest-selling neighborhoods in Chicagoland’s suburban and city housing markets, respectively, for the month of December. We’ve widened our focus to report on the markets that had

You can live like the hobbits in Tolkien’s fantasy novels with Green Magic Homes’ earth-sheltered dome homes. The Miami-based company combined building technology with nature to create these prefabricated hobbit-like dwellings, which are confined by walls of reinforced soil

In our latest Real Data report, we have the agents who closed December’s top deals Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo and townhome closings in Chicagoland’s housing market in December: Single Family Condo Townhome Single

Why has homebuying among single female consumers declined in recent years? During the mid and late stages of the housing boom, one of the more commonly reported success stories was that of the single female homebuyer. As tracked by

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced Judi Sanchez as its new managing broker of the Libertyville office. Sanchez has 15 years of experience in real estate, and has been a managing broker since 2004. She currently serves on the Mainstreet Organization

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) has appointed Leo Pareja as their new president elect, as well as four new additions to the board, according to a statement released by NAHREP. “Leo Pareja is an outstanding

In November, all-cash sales came back after an extended decline After a long period of steady decline, all-cash sales in Chicagoland’s housing market returned with a vengeance in Nov. 2015, rising 44 percent from where they were a year ago, according