Housing inventory has been a most blue of topics for our local market, but have things finally turned around? We keep hearing reports that the nation’s housing inventory has turned the corner, but how true is that in our

Could we see a resurrection of the popular Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, via Congressional action? When the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act expired at the start of 2014, it ended one of the most popular Great Recession-era government programs. A

The housing market continued to slow in February, according to NAR’s latest report. Pending home sales fell for the eight straight month in February, according to the latest numbers from the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales

Edward R. James Companies, a Glenview-based developer and homebuilder, has announced that the company received unanimous approval from the Village of Glenview’s Board of Directors for Westgate at The Glen, a new 29-acre residential community. Westgate at The Glen

We keep hearing about the nation’s residential construction market, but what about our local market? The nation’s residential construction market has been receiving (justly, we should add) quite a bit of attention from analysts and housing professionals alike, and

Everyone is reporting on February’s new home sales numbers, but what broader trends do the numbers reveal? You’ve surely seen the headlines by now: the sales of newly built single-family homes in February fell 3.3 percent from January, and

Carrington Real Estate Services, a corporately owned and operated national brokerage, announced that it is once again expanding its coverage across the U.S. In response to growing demand in multiple key markets, the company has added offices in Arlington

Chicago based real estate firm, @properties has announced its addition of the Schiller Team to the firm. The top producing brokerage team previously comes from Koenig & Strey Real Living and is made up of brother and sister, Tim

The year of 2014 is proving to be a memorable one for Coldwell Banker Chicago residential broker Jennifer Ames, who celebrates 20 years on the Chicago real estate scene and claims the top selling agent ranking in the city

The RE/MAX Professionals Select in Naperville was recently awarded for having the most closed residential sales in 2013. The office successfully completed 1,531 residential sales totaling $377,135,652 in sales volume. With 58 full-time Realtors, Re/MAX Professionals Select averaged 26

It was a contradictory month for home prices in the Chicagoland area, according to the latest Case-Shiller. January was a most contradictory month for home prices in the Chicagoland area, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from

Existing-home sales continue to level out in February, according to the latest analysis by NAR. Existing-home sales continue to soften in February, falling 0.4 percent from January to February and 7.1 percent from Feb. 2013, according to the latest

What are the most important trends and details about Generation X, as it pertains to the housing market? For our second story on NAR’s Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends report, we’re looking at the one generation that is rated

According to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) new report, “What Home Buyers Really Want: Ethnic Preferences,” housing preferences vary by a homebuyer’s racial or ethnic background, after controlling factors such as age and income. NAHB Chairman Kevin

Where was the real estate action taking place in Chicagoland’s suburbs in February? We all saw the headlines, and they weren’t pretty: with the winter weather in full force, home sales in the Chicagoland region were down 8.2 percent

Coldwell Banker Real Estate has announced its 2013 year-end award recipients, with five local agents receiving awards. Mary Wallace, Frank DeNovi, Patricia Furman, Jennifer Ames and Dawn McKenna were all honored in the Top Ten Sales Associates in North America