Is the crisis in the Ukraine improving Realtor spelling?
Ukrainian Village is probably the most commonly misspelled neighborhood name in Chicago. Is that changing as a result of the saturation coverage o [...]
Illinois ranks third in seriously underwater mortgages
RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report for the first quarter of 2014. Thirty percent of all Illinois homes with a mort [...]
North lakefront MLS-listed rentals on the rise
The number of MLS-listed homes and condos available for rent in six north lakefront ZIP Codes from Lincoln Park to Rogers Park is 16% higher than [...]
Ask American Realty’s Dan Dantuma about his drug arrests
American Realty's Dan Dantuma had 135 repetitive ads on Craigslist as of mid-morning yesterday. More than 80% of them were for a single apartment, [...]
State Street Properties’ amazing Craigslist apartment spam
With just over 2,500 ads, State Street Properties isn't Craigslist's most prolific apartment ad spammer, but it ranks among the worst of them and [...]
Where have all the iMove agents gone, short time passing?
We've written repeatedly about iMove Chicago, a rental service that advertises frequently on Craigslist for new leasing agents and brokers.
We [...]
Craigslist spammer of the day: Andy Trejo and iQrentals
We haven't written about Andy Trejo before, but he's been on our radar for well over a year, and his company names have been on our Chicago rental [...]
An update on Chicagoland Property Group’s spam-family Walker
In the coming months we'll be continuing our efforts to make it easier for you to identify and avoid some of Craiglist's worst apartment ad spamme [...]
The Villas at Great House break ground at Sailrock, South Caicos
Sailrock in South Caicos has begun construction on the Villas at Great House, the primary resort component associated with Sailrock.
The firs [...]
Illinois home prices and sales volume up in February
RealtyTrac released its February 2014 U.S. Residential and Foreclosure Sales Reportearlier today. Here are some of the metrics for Illinois:
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Redfin agents predict a competitive market
Redfin recently polled 435 of its agents, and 65% of them expect the home purchase market this year to be more competitive than it was in 2013.
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Examining the risk of another housing bubble
CoreLogic just released its March MarketPulse report (PDF). The report examines the risk of another housing bubble in light of large price gains i [...]
Chicago rental agent pleads guilty
Last October we wondered whether Jerome Bressert was Chicago's sleaziest rental agent – a category that has tons of competitors vying for the top [...]
Jeanne Gang, on building communities through architecture
There have been recent rumors that architect Jeanne Gang may be involved in a new tower at Lakeshore East, where Aqua has made quite a splash.
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The outlook for rental housing
If you're trying to understand the outlook for rental housing you'll want to spend some time with the wealth of data and analysis provided in Am [...]
Million dollar home sales up 40% year-over-year
The following market update arrived via a news release from RE/MAX Northern Illinois:
Winter winds and frigid thermometer readings couldn’t coo [...]
Metro-Chicago sales down, prices up in February
The following market update arrived via a news release from RE/MAX Northern Illinois:
Residential sales in the seven-county metropolitan Chic [...]
Meet the guys who wash your windows
There are times when you see them almost nose-to-nose, but there never seems to be a way to get to know them. They're the guys who rappel down yo [...]
Chicago foreclosure rate plummets year-over-year
RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for February 2014, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled aucti [...]
Chicago-area home prices up 12.6% year-over-year in January
CoreLogic released its January 2014 Home Price Index yesterday:
In Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, home prices, including distressed sale [...]