Home prices continue climbing towards a healthy balance, but leave luxury properties behind. As has been the trend all year, home prices continued rising in September, according to a new report from CoreLogic. However, despite gains, the rapidity of

There have been many encouraging developments for the housing market, but we’ve uncovered the most encouraging nugget yet. There were many stats provided in NAR’s latest existing-home sales report, many of which were positive for the housing market  (see

The Chicago Association of Realtors (CAR) and WikiRealty recently signed an agreement to enhance the exchange of real estate knowledge in Chicagoland. WikiRealty is filling a critical gap in the real estate ecosystem by providing a uniquely useful platform to everyone

HousingWire, one of the nation’s most influential and most-read source of news and information covering the multi-trillion dollar U.S. housing and mortgage market, has named Agent Publishing’s co-founder and publisher Marci Sepulveda one of the 2014 Influential Women in

Minneapolis real estate mogul hopes to translate his former profession into a 24-hour TV network. There was a time when baseball was the all-American past time – that was obviously before cable television. Hoping to capitalize on the ever-present

When put in the proper context, residential construction has made considerable progress in recent years. The Census Bureau’s latest report on construction spending came out earlier today, and it represented what appeared to be more of the same –

A third quarter report released by mortgage company Guaranteed Rate shows rising home prices and a newfound confidence in mortgage financing. Late last week, national mortgage giant Guaranteed Rate released its third quarter mortgage trends snapshot, detailing the current

HomeBridge, one of the largest, independent mortgage specific lenders in the country with a heavy focus on customer service and quality in lending, announced that the company is expanding into the Midwest, starting with a new office in Chicago.

Redfin’s own Clayton Jirak has been selected to receive the 2014 EverGreen Award from the National Association of Realtors (NAR’s) Green REsource Council. The real estate agent is one of only five individuals in the nation to win the award, and the only

One of Chicago’s most storied lots finally has a future. After years of litigation and delays, the lot for the infamous Chicago Spire has finally changed hands, likely putting the ultimate nail in the coffin for the doomed project.

Owning a home is getting cheaper, but people are still choosing to rent. Buying a home is affordable, despite it being the largest purchase of most people’s lives. Low mortgage rates are helping to make homeownership one of, if

Some measures of the U.S. home construction market suggest things have radically improved, but does the data support that? The Housing Market Index, the chief measure of homebuilder confidence for the single-family home construction marketplace, fell five points in

New data from CoreLogic drives home just how much progress our housing markets have made in clearing out their foreclosure inventory. The last 12 months have been highly encouraging ones for Chicagoland’s housing market, according to the latest Foreclosure

Investor interest is a major contributing factor to the success of a real estate market. How is your city doing? Despite its slow start, 2014 has turned into a year of growth and relative prosperity, considering the turmoil that

The Fed announced earlier today that it was ending its third round of Quantitative Easing, but what does it have to do with housing? The Federal Reserve announced earlier today it is officially ending its third round of Quantitative

Federal Reserve researchers attempt to explain the relationship, if any, between the growing burden of student debt and dwindling homeownership rates. Amongst a swirl of damaging factors, it’s difficult to pinpoint the primary drivers forcing down homeownership rates among