New home sales rocketed to the moon in August, but such data should be taken with a grain of salt. Here’s some glorious news to brighten up your day – according to new Census Bureau numbers, the sales of

Of Chicagoland’s many distinguished suburbs, which ones saw the most home sales in August? Earlier this week, we reported that August was a rough month for home sales in Chicagoland, with transactions falling by 13.3 percent from the year

Some analysts have argued that the impact of student loans is overblown, but new research comes to a different conclusion. In the last 11 years, student debt in the U.S. has skyrocketed from $241 billion to $1.1 trillion, making

NAR’s August existing-home sales report reveals declines – the good kind. The second quarter of 2014 saw consecutive months of gains, and it looked like that trend was continuing into the third quarter. However, due to a increasing lack

Redfin examines where and how Millennials are living. As it turns out, young people love Chicago. Enclaves are a feature of almost every American city, and they happen for a variety of reasons. Most notably, of course, are cultural

We keep hearing how depressed single-family construction is and that we need more new homes, but is that really the case? In 2013, there were 618,000 single-family housing starts, and we’re currently operating at a rate of roughly 622,000

August was a rough month for home sales in the Chicagoland area, according to new stats from IAR. Home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland area fell 13.3 percent year-over-year in August, closing out the month at 10,370 sales, according

Earlier this month, Governor Pat Quinn signed into law SB 3044, which makes a handful of amendments to the Real Estate License Law and the Appraiser’s Law. According to the Illinois Association of Realtors, who were a proud lobby

Tight lending is blamed constantly for housing’s slow recovery, but there’s actually much more to the narrative than meets the eye. Last week, we reported on an unorthodox idea that is brewing in some housing circles – that in

Chicago-based REVA Development Partners has announced the first move-ins at The Oaks of Vernon Hills luxury rentals located at 103 Oak Leaf Lane in the north-suburban Vernon Hills, Ill. The luxury rental community is located along Route 45, just

Everyone keeps waiting for Millennials to jump into the housing market and save the day, but new data shows we should not hold our breath. It’s the big question on many an agent’s mind – when will Millennials take

This year for our 2014 Agents’ Choice Awards, we asked the heads of each real estate company (who had at least 25 agents) who their nominees for each category for Agents’ Choice were. We’ve listed the nominees below. Readers

The post-boom construction narrative soldiers on with the release of the latest building data from the Census Bureau. On the surface, it looks pretty bad – according to fresh numbers out today from the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced that realtors Matt Pappas and Danielle Doty have joined their Northwest office in Arlington Heights. Pappas joins Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage with three years of experience in real estate. After attending College of DuPage

New Redfin report shows how it costs, and pays, to live in a neighborhood with a highly ranked school district. It’s widely known and accepted that living in a highly ranked school district means paying premium prices for properties

The last decade as seen the rise of cash sales. Now some believe we’re seeing the fall. Over the last decade, the portion of all-cash sales has fluctuated wildly, largely on account of the initial expansion of the housing