Single family? Condo? 2,000-plus square feet? What defined the homes consumers bought this year? For our latest story in our continuing series on NAR’s 2015 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, we’re taking a detailed look at the homes

The Chicagoland area has some of the best schools in the country, but are homes affordable in those schools’ neighborhoods? Good schools are one thing, but affording homes in those areas is an entirely different matter. According to a

October provided yet more evidence of how integral multifamily building is to the current new construction economy October was a rough month for new construction, with housing starts falling 11 percent from September and 1.8 percent from Oct. 2014

The share of total residential real estate transactions carried out in all cash fell from 34.9 percent in Aug. 2014 to 31.7 percent this most recent August, according to a report from CoreLogic. Month-over-month, cash sales inched upward by

@properties has been ranked No. 2 among large companies by the Chicago Tribune for their 2015 Top Workplaces. “It’s an honor to receive this award three years in a row,” said co-found Thaddeus Wong. “We continually strive to make @properties a

Is our love for large homes nullifying the progress in energy efficiency? Thanks to new technological advances in water use, insulation, heating and cooling and household appliances, today’s homes are more energy efficient than ever before. Yet new research

VHT Studios has announced the acquisition of Gotham Photo Company. Gotham has been a leading provider of photography services to real estate professionals in New York City for over a decade. This is VHT Studios’ third acquisition over the past couple

Last Thursday, Federal Housing Administration Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Ed Golding and National Association of Realtors President Chris Polychron announced changes to FHA condominium policies at the NAR national conference in San Diego. The changes, Golding explained, will change the FHA’s recertification process, owner-occupancy

The mortgage process doesn’t often top the list of things people like to do, but as far as dealing with banks and moneymen go, customers are more approving of the mortgage process now than any other time in the

Many want to own a house, but the finances are only feasible for an increasingly select few It is a truth universally acknowledged that the vast majority of renters in America aspire to homeownership. Indeed, according to a recent

After some very positive months, builder confidence took a step back in November Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes slipped three points to 62 from October to November in the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo

May Watts Elementary School in Naperville’s Indian Prairie School District 204 is the top elementary school in the Chicagoland area. That ranking came courtesy of the analytics website Niche, which just released its 2016 rankings of public schools from

In our newest Real Data monthly report, we’re taking a look at the top luxury markets in Chicagoland, meaning the city and suburban markets that saw the most sales for homes priced $1 million and above. Click on the

Baird & Warner recently won the Top Workplace award for the fourth consecutive year. The Chicago Tribune also named them the No. 1 workplace in Chicagoland. The firm was named the No. 1 workplace in 2014, No. 2 in 2013 and No.

Turns out, it pays to be a vegetarian or vegan in the Washington area. Jinesh Varia, a vegetarian himself, is offering a $200 discount on the $2,200 monthly rent for his 1,566-square-foot townhouse to a renter who pledges to

The Chicago Tribune has awarded Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty a 2015 Top Workplaces honor. The Top Workplaces lists are compiled based on the results of an employee feedback survey that WorkplaceDynamics, LLC conducts. “Our culture of mutual respect and teamwork means