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Mortgage rates decline for fourth consecutive week

This was the fourth week in a row of declines, leaving prospective buyers hopeful for sustained low rates throughout spring homebuying season.

NAR’s REALTORS® Relief Foundation offers grants to tornado victims

The REALTORS® Relief Foundation has offered more than $1.6 million in disaster relief aid to help victims of recent tornadoes in Arkansas, Mississippi, Kansas and Oklahoma.

The Building Industry Association of Greater Chicago’s 50th annual Key Awards

Since 1972, the Building Industry Association of Greater Chicago has honored the best of the best in the building industry with its annual Key Awards.

Siegfried & Roy’s Vegas oasis lists for $3 million

The late entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy didn’t just maintain a home in Las Vegas. Theirs was a grand “jungle palace” featuring a bird sanctuary and animal enclosures. Both Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn lived on the large compound,

This triangular home is an edgy marvel

In Buffalo, New York, one unique home pokes out above the rest: The Triangle House.

@properties Christie’s International Real Estate expands to Madison, Wisconsin

@properties and Christie’s International Real Estate is expanding to Madison, Wisconsin, by partnering with a local brokerage there. That firm, LeGrand Real Estate, is rebranding @properties elleven Christie’s International Real Estate.

Optimism for spring selling season grows with third monthly rise in pending sales

The National Association of REALTORS® Pending Home Sales Index rose for the third month in a row, suggesting the housing market’s contraction could be “coming to an end.” 

NAR Generational Trends Report: Millennials fall back while Gen Z doubles its market share

NAR’s annual Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends Report reveals that millennials are losing their market share — fast — while baby boomers and Gen Z make new gains.

Pace of annual home-price gains slows again in latest Case-Shiller; Chicago sees 4.8% increase

In Chicago, home prices rose 4.8% year over year and dipped 0.5% month over month.

Though sales are slipping, Illinois home prices are staying put

The median Illinois home price stayed the same in February 2023, year over year, according to new data from Illinois REALTORS®: $240,000.

New-home sales rise 1.1% in February as median-sales price surges

The supply of new homes for sale ticked lower from February, according to government figures.

This small suburb named ‘best place to live in Illinois’

Tiny Bannockburn has a population of just 1,315, but the Lake County suburb ranked No. 1 on Niche’s new list of the best places to live in Illinois.

NAR: Existing-home sales jump in February, ending a year of declines

The annual rate of 4.58 million sales was up 14.5% from January but down 22.6% from the February 2022 rate of 5.92 million. 

Realtor.com: Week of March 26 is best time to list in Chicago

Nationally, the week of April 16-22 is likely to provide sellers with the most favorable conditions for a successful sale of any week of the year, although the exact timing varies widely by market. 

HODC reaches new milestones as they approach their 40th anniversary

Four decades after its founding, HODC remains true to its mission: to develop, manage and preserve housing that is affordable to low- and moderate-income households, primarily in Chicago’s northern suburbs.

Trends are settling in Chicagoland’s spring market

The trends we’ve been noticing across Chicago’s suburban housing market were reinforced by new data from the Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS®.

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