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Daniel L. Goodwin, the chairman and CEO of The Inland Real Estate Group Inc. in Oak Brook, is among 10 finalists for Realtor Magazine’s 2015 Good Neighbor Awards. The Good Neighbor Awards honors Realtors who make a difference in their communities, enhance the
Hispanics and other minorities primed to begin housing boom Minorities are projected to have higher homeownership rates than whites from 2020 to 2030, especially among Hispanics, according to a new Urban Institute study. Although white homeownership growth will be
The latest new home sales stats from the U.S. Census Bureau show many things are at work in the new construction marketplace According to the latest new construction report from the U.S. Census Bureau, new home sales in July
Home prices continue to rise nationally, but what about the local housing market? Home prices in the Chicagoland metro area rose 0.7 percent from May to June and 1.4 percent from June 2014, according to the new Case-Shiller Home Price
Tham & Videgard created Sweden’s most sought after home according to a statistical analysis of 200 million clicks and 86,000 properties featured on Hemnet, a popular property site in Sweden. Analyzing what users clicked on between January and October
Amidst Chicago’s competitive housing market, these 10 neighborhoods stand out In the city of Chicago’s housing market, the median days on market in July was just 19 days, and the average sale-to-list price was 96.8 percent. As competitive as
July was a very positive month for the Chicagoland housing market Home sales in the nine-county Chicago Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area totaled 12,834 in July, a 9.6 percent year-over-year increase, according to new numbers from the Illinois Association of
During the economic downturn, the real estate industry floundered and thousands lost their jobs. But improvements have been made, and the industry is healing, which means the money is returning. By 2016, more than two-thirds of residential real estate
Thirty-three years ago, Donald Trump and then-wife, Ivana, purchased their first mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut for $4 million. The 19,773-square-foot home features eight bedrooms, thirteen baths, a home theater, putting green, tennis court, three staff apartments and a guest
National cash sales continued their descent in May, a new report released today from CoreLogic showed. For 29 months, all-cash buyers have been leaving the market, as marked by continual year-over-year decreases in market share. In May, cash sales
New development – especially in the single-family sector – has been very strong in 2015 Housing starts in 2015 are running at their highest level in eight years, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau. With 641,000 new housing starts so
Keller Williams has acquired Team Leads Inc., an agent team business solution provider based in Ontario, Canada, and entered into collaborations with two leading real estate technology providers, HomeKeepr and Placester. Team Leads Inc. will be rebranded as KW Team Leads
The housing market has changed substantially in the last 40 years, and first-time homebuyers have changed with it Since the 1970s, the U.S. housing market has changed in numerous ways. The square footage of homes, for instance, has risen to all-time
Pangea Properties, a Chicago-based private REIT involved in the acquisition, rehabilitation and improvement of multifamily residential properties in several cities across the U.S., ranked at No. 1328 on the Inc. 5000 list for America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies. This
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in August rose one point to a level of 61 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). That is the highest reading since November
Realtor Alex Derderian is now affiliated with the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage St. Charles office. An experienced real estate veteran with 32 years in the business, Derderian will serve Bartlett, St. Charles, Carol Stream, Wayne and Geneva. St. Charles