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

Pending home sales reached a milestone of sorts in September, but what does it mean for housing? Pending Home Sales increased in September by both monthly and yearly measures, with the yearly increase being the first in nearly a

California-based Top Agent Network files suit against Zillow claiming trade secrets theft. Earlier this week, Calfironia-based Top Agent Network, a private, member-only online community where verified top producing agents in local markets can collaborate and exchange information, filed suit

Now it’s official – Chicago received a high-profile endorsement of its improving housing market from Freddie Mac Freddie Mac, a company focused on meeting the urgent liquidity needs of the U.S. residential mortgage market, lowering costs for borrowers and supporting

According to Fannie Mae’s (FNMA/OTC) Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) GroupReal, economic growth in the U.S. appears ready to exceed 3.0 percent for the second half of the year, providing a sound basis for growth in 2015. The Group’s

It was another positive month for home prices in the latest Case-Shiller Home prices in the Chicagoland metro area rose 0.4 percent from July to August and 2.9 percent from August 2013, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price

We ask some of Chicagoland’s top real estate professionals about who had their vote for ‘Developer of the Year’ in our 2014 Agents’ Choice

We hear about lending standards all the time, and new data from CoreLogic suggests that they’re still quite tight. Are lending standards too tight? That’s a question on the mind of many housing professionals and analysts, especially in light

Baird & Warner, Chicagoland’s largest locally-owned independent residential real estate services company, announced the addition of Patrick S. Glynn, a relocation industry veteran, to its corporate relocation program as the new vice president of corporate relocation services. Before joining Baird

While everyone else focuses on the headlines, here are seven below-the-hood details you should know about new home sales. Sales of newly built single-family homes in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 467,000, a 0.2 percent

In the last decade, student loan debt has become a major hindrance to young college graduates entering the home buying market. The saddling of debt is a struggle millions of Americans can relate to. And though, traditionally, household debt

Linda Feinstein’s real estate team, a prominent brokerage in Hinsdale, has joined the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network and parted ways with ERA. Now known as RE/MAX Signature Homes and located at 22 N. Lincoln St., the brokerage, formerly