3/4/08
By Gail Lissner Home pricing in the Chicago market has been holding up well through November 2007, based on the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price...
1/25/06
Rare condo conversions selling while luxury resales linger in Lincoln Park Margot Huston was visiting her son at his rental apartment in the vintage...
4/4/05
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 6.04 percent last week, up slightly from the previous week when it was 6.01 percent, according to...
3/24/05
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 5.79 this week, up from 5.69 percent last week, in the third straight week of increasing rates,...
3/17/05
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 6.01 percent last week, up from 5.95 percent the week before, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage...
3/14/05
Mortgage rates continued to rise this week, with the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage standing at 5.85 percent, up from 5.79 percent last week, according...
3/7/05
Real estate agents have been saying for years that investors increasingly have been turning from the stock market to the housing market for a...
2/24/05
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 5.62 this week, up from last week, when it averaged 5.57 percent. Last year at this time, the...
2/24/05
Housing starts jumped 4.7 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.159 million units, the highest pace in 21 years, the...
1/31/05
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 5.66 percent last week, down slightly from the previous week, when it stood at 5.67, according to Freddie...
1/10/05
Economic uncertainties have done little to stymie Chicago’s robust real estate market, according to year-end numbers for 2004 from the Chicago Association of Realtors....
1/3/05
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 5.81 percent this week, up from 5.75 percent the week before, capping a year of record-low rates...
12/13/04
What will the 2005 real estate market look like in Chicago? While the Gold Coast remains the biggest market in the booming downtown area,...
12/13/04
Fueled by a reviving American economy, the apartment rental industry is turning the corner toward a rebound, experts say, but the job picture will...
12/13/04
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 5.7 percent this week, down from 5.8 percent last week, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market...
11/15/04
While real estate investors generally express cautious optimism about industry performance in 2005, concerns over the economy and job growth coupled with the likelihood...
11/15/04
Homeowners in Cook County have until Monday to pay their property taxes, according to the Cook County Treasurer. Late checks for the second payment...
11/15/04
Chicago’s housing market continues to break records for both the number of units sold and median prices, according to a local trade group.
10/25/04
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 5.69 percent this week, down from last week, when it averaged 5.74 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s...
10/8/04
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 5.72 percent this week, up slightly from last week when it averaged 5.7 percent, according to Freddie...