CoreLogic’s May distressed sales report shows lowest levels since 2007 CoreLogic recently released a new report detailing the state of the distressed sales market in the U.S. for May, and for another month, both real-estate owned (REO) and short

Square footage is growing faster now than it did during the housing boom, but the culture of the McMansion may be changing. After being scared away by the 2008 financial and housing crisis, the McMansion is slowly returning to the

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has brought on three new agents in the Chicagoland area. These new agents will be specifically affiliated with Coldwell Banker’s Lincoln Park Plaza and Hyde Park offices. Tony Estrada – Lincoln Park Plaza Office During his

In first half of 2015, what Chicago neighborhoods have seen the most home sales? Last week, Chicago Agent reported on the top-selling suburban housing markets in the first half of 2015, and now, courtesy of the more exclusive data from Redfin,

Rising rents, new research shows, are not an incentive to buy a house Renters in the Chicagoland metro area are spending substantially more money on their monthly rent than is historically the case. That was the finding of a

Julia Roberts has decided one New York apartment is enough. With the decision to keep her Gramercy Park apartment, Roberts recently listed her second property at 45 W 10th St. for $4.5 million. The Hampton-style property with panoramic views

New research shows home flipping remains very profitable in Chicagoland According to the 2015 U.S. Home Flipping Report by RealtyTrac, home flippers in the Chicagoland area receive the highest return on investment (ROI) in the nation. Among markets with at

The J.D. Power 2015 Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction Study ranked Century 21 as the real estate brokerage with the highest customer satisfaction across all home buyer/seller segments. This annual study calculates the top-ranking companies by separating customer satisfaction into four

RE/MAX recently released a report detailing large growth in the Chicagoland luxury market. Luxury home sales in the Chicagoland area rose 20 percent year-over-year in 2015’s second quarter, according to the new RE/MAX Luxury Report; with 737 sales, Q2

Recent study shows national increase in average down payments In 2015’s second quarter, the average down payment in Illinois was 17.02 percent, which was a decrease from the first quarter’s 17.32 percent, according to a recent study by online

On Tuesday, August 4, Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty announced that it will join forces with Hunter’s Fairway Sotheby’s International Realty in acquiring two Barrington offices. Both having goals in meeting the Chicagoland area’s luxury real estate needs, the collaboration

The Hechinger Report recently released the data for the graduation rates for nearly every school district in the U.S. The data, which draws from the 2013 graduating class, broke down the numbers past the typical statewide average. We took

A mother-daughter real estate team in New Mexico recently listed not one, but two homes featured in the hit series, “Breaking Bad.” The more popular of the two was used as the residence of Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron

Technology has drastically improved the efficacy of searching for the right home. Prior to enlisting the services of an agent, buyers, who in all likelihood have a pre-established criterion for their ideal neighborhood and home, are scoping out concerns

Chicagoland joins nationwide trend of rising home prices Home prices, including distressed sales, increased by 3.3 percent year-over-year in June 2015 in the Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights area, according CoreLogic’s June 2015 Home Price Index (HPI). Excluding distressed sales, year-over-year prices

What suburban housing markets saw the most home sales in 2015’s first half? Naperville and Aurora were by far the top-selling suburbs in the Chicagoland housing market in the first half of 2015, according to exclusive numbers Chicago Agent received from