September was a VERY positive month for Chicago’s residential construction sector, which saw yearly gains that far outpaced other metro areas. Though residential construction in Chicagoland remains historically low, the area posted the strongest numbers in the nation among

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), reported today that its analysis of recent transaction data for 2013 uncovered some notable metrics. While it is no secret that this year has produced a remarkable volume of

Jameson Real Estate has more than weathered the storm brought on by the housing crisis. It has flourished. The real estate firm, which encompasses Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty and Jameson Commercial, announced in a recent press release that its sales volume

In a follow-up to ranking the best cities in Michigan, Movoto Real Estate recently ranked  what they believe are the 10 best cities in Illinois. The village of Northbrook earned the number one spot. Chicago did not make the list.

Glencoe and Western Springs have been declared some of the top trick-or-treating towns in the United States, according to a recent study by online residential realty brokerage firm, ZipRealty Inc. Out of 15 neighborhoods and suburbs, Glencoe was listed as

This is Halloween, and cemeteries and gravestones are among the most quintessential images of the season. But year-round, how many transactions are near these arguably creepy areas? We associate many images with Halloween: witches, jack-o-lanterns, vampires, werewolves, and of

Thank you to everyone who came to our Agents’ Choice Awards party last night, and congratulations again to all our nominees and winners! We’ve listed them below so you can keep congratulating your peers on their accomplishment.    

The real estate market continues to slow down nationwide, but are the national trends consistent here in Chicago? The U.S. housing market continued to slow in September, according to the latest Real-Time Fastest Markets report from Redfin, which measured

Century 21 Real Estate is one of the largest realty firms in the world – and now it has a website to match that status. The aptly-named century21global.com, which has been in operation for about a month, contains listings

August was another solid month for home prices in the Windy City in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Home prices in the Chicago metropolitan area rose 8.7 percent year-over-year in August, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price

In the latest of our monthly feature, we look at what the busiest neighborhoods and surrounding suburbs were in the wonderful Chicagoland in September. September, as we reported earlier, was a very positive month for Chicagoland real estate: home

New data from NAR shows that pending home sales continued their downward progression in September. Pending home sales fell once again in September, with the Pending Home Sales Index from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) falling 5.6 percent

We’ve been seeing reports that housing inventory is beginning to stabilize; is that true here in Chicago, though? Up, or down? That’s always the question when it comes to housing inventory, and with new realtor.com data in tow, we’re

There had been rumblings early on that there was more to the housing recovery than met the eye, and new data from NAR confirms those suspicions. Throughout 2013, there have been many positive developments in the housing market, and

According to Midwest Real Estate Data, the average selling price for detached and attached single family homes in Chicago dropped to about $185,000 from more than $200,000 in June. Home sales are slowing down like they usually do as

In 1995, Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan sang to the world for the first time that despite all his rage, he was “still just a rat in a cage.” Today, those very lyrics have helped ensure that Corgan