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The country’s most expensive home sits in Beverly Hills on nearly 25 acres of land. A Mediterranean-style Palazzo di Amore, the property features 12 bedrooms, an in home movie theater, a pool, sauna, tennis facilities and room for 150
New home sales were down last month, but what about 2015 overall? Autumn has been a lackluster season thus far for new home sales, which rose 2.0 percent month-to-month but fell 11.5 percent year-over-year in September, ending the month at a seasonally adjusted
Cash sales dropped ever closer to the pre-crisis norm of 25 percent in July, falling from 34.2 percent 12 months earlier to 30.8 percent, according to a new report from CoreLogic. With traditional financing becoming a more realistic option
Home prices in Chicagoland have risen steadily, albeit slowly Home prices in the Chicagoland metro area rose 0.7 percent monthly and 1.9 percent year-over-year in August, according to the new Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Though
What Chicago neighborhoods saw the most real estate activity in September? Earlier this week, we reported that home sales in the city of Chicago were up 5.3 percent in September, though median price in the city was flat. Some Chicago
Looking to join the tiny home trendsetters? For $100,000 you can own a historic New Orleans’ home in the city’s popular Treme neighborhood. The 523-square-foot property was built in 1929 and has been remodeled with larger windows to brighten
Midwest Real Estate Data, (MRED) Chicagoland’s multiple listing service, is working with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE Chicago) and CVSHealth for the Land of Lincoln Hackathon. The event aims to promote the public data found at the State
It was a typical month in autumn for Chicagoland real estate Home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland area rose 5.3 percent year-over-year in September, according to the latest report from the Illinois Association of Realtors. Although sales were down a pronounced
Will Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ever change? Investors and housing advocates alike have anxiously awaited government plans to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but recent comments by Obama administration officials indicate they’ll have to wait a bit longer.
This 7,747 square-foot Swiss chalet home in River Forest has a unique feature, a train. Built during the 1920s, the current homeowner, and railroad enthusiast, bought the property in 1974, according to Realtor.com. He experimented with a model railroad in his basement before
RE/MAX Suburban has recently been acquired by business executives Chad and Sarah Gilbert. Based in Mount Prospect, RE/MAX Suburban also has locations in Arlington Heights, Glen Ellyn, Libertyville, Schaumburg and Wheaton. By the end of 2015, the company is
The economy on a whole may be doing better, but most Americans are not directly experiencing those gains The unemployment rate is currently 5.1 percent, down substantially from where it was five years ago. Since bottoming in March 2009, the
Employees of all backgrounds left the construction industry and didn’t come back More than five years after the housing downturn, homebuilders are still grappling with a lack of construction workers, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. There are 1.3 million
Trulia sought to find some of the most unnaturally hazardous places in the country Halloween is nearly upon us, which means it’s time to break out our jack-o-lanterns, cue up our YouTube mixes for Thriller and The Monster Mash,
Without the surging apartment sector, where would new construction be in 2015? Housing starts in September were up 6.5 percent from August and 17.5 percent from Sept. 2014 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.026 million, which is the
According to the new Better Money Habits Millennial Report from Bank of America, while 84 percent of Millennials are self-reliant when it comes to managing their own finances, 41 percent are constantly stressed about money. Moreover, the report found that money stress