Tyler Perry purchased his 34,688 square foot home in 2005 for $9 million. Now, Perry is ready to sell his estate, listing the property for $25 million, making it Atlanta’s second most expensive home. The house offers a number

“Pirates of the Caribbean” actor Johnny Depp recently listed his “private village” in Plan de la Tour, France for $25.76 million. Depp’s 37-acre estate offers 10,000 square feet of living space between the main house and guest cottages, a chapel,

Ryland Homes, the United States’ fifth-largest homebuilder, had entered the Northwest Indiana housing market with two new Crown Point home communities: Edgewater and SummerTree. Surrounded by acres of open farmland, Edgewater offers nine single-family homes with both three- and

CareerBuilder releases new labor market rankings In late May, CareerBuilder released its second quarter Labor Market 150 Index, which attempts to evaluate and rank the country’s largest metros. Using data from the employment website’s data arm, EMSI, or Economic

The king of rock n roll’s Palm Springs mansion is on the market and filled with little reminders of Elvis Presley’s successful music history. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom mansion was named “The Home of Tomorrow” by LOOK Magazine in 1962.

2015 shaping up to be a big year for new construction in Chicagoland Residential construction spending in the Chicagoland area was up 74 percent year-over-year in May, and so far in 2015 is 38 percent ahead of where it was

How has Chicagoland’s rental market developed in 2015’s second quarter? New data from Reis provides some perspective. In April, Chicago Agent noted that according to data/analytics firm Reis, the once-hot rental market in Chicagoland was cooling down, especially compared to

A San Francisco broker got creative, casting two drag queens, Mercedez Munro and Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, in a Youtube video used to market one of his listings. The two drag queens used humor throughout the video to showcase to prospective

A joint venture between Ranquist Development Group and Stocking Urban LLC has acquired a parcel of land just southeast of Six Corner’s in Chicago’s Old Irving Park, where 48 single-family homes are planning to be built. Located at 3700

What details in latest jobs report bear the most significance for housing? The nation’s unemployment rate fell from 5.5 to 5.3 percent in June, while the overall economy added 223,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor

Construction is underway on the second phase of Arbor Lane, a new community of 16 townhomes in Arlington Heights, announced Northbrook-based Red Seal Homes. Placed along Palatine Road, east of Rand Road, Arbor Lane has four floor plan options from

Michael Jordan is at it again. After three years of unsuccessful attempts to sell his Chicago-area mansion, the basketball star has decided to give it another try. With a new asking price at $14,855,000 (the numbers add up to

In an attempt to challenge our ideas about living space, two Brazilian artists built a vertical house alongside a building using a climbing wall in Rio de Janeiro. Nailed to the wall are shelves, counters, a hammock, bed and

Over the last year, distressed home sales have become far less prominent in Illinois’ housing market Distressed sales throughout Illinois comprised 18.6 percent of all home sales in May, a marked drop from the 30.6 percent market share of a

Residential construction spending may be up in 2015, but some areas performing better than others Residential construction spending was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $359.5 billion in May, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census

Thanks to a low percent of incidents of workplace injury and low state tax on average income, Illinois was ranked the fifth best state for making a living in 2015, according to personal finance site MoneyRates. The list, which ranked the top