Tag: RealtyTrac
Chicago’s foreclosure rate 4th highest among top 20 metro areas
RealtyTrac just released its US Foreclosure Market Report for November 2014, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions [...]
Chicago ranks 10th among large metro areas in home price appreciation
RealtyTrac just released its October 2014 Residential & Foreclosure Sales Report. According to the report:
… the median sales price of U.S. s [...]
Chicago foreclosure rates on the mend
In October of last year Chicago had the 3rd highest foreclosure rate in the nation among metro areas with a population greater than 200,000.
In [...]
Thirty percent of mortgaged Chicago homes seriously underwater
RealtyTrac defines a mortgaged home as "seriously underwater" when "the combined loan amount secured by the property is at least 25 percent higher [...]
June foreclosures at lowest levels since 2006
RealtyTrac released its Midyear 2014 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report today. The report reflects a 19% decrease in US foreclosure filings over the p [...]
Profiling homes that sell at a deep discount or at a premium
RealtyTrac released an analysis today profiling which single family homes sell at the deepest discounts and which sell at the highest premiums bas [...]
Chicago doesn’t rank among top rental markets for investors
RealtyTrac just released its Q2 2014 Residential Property Rental Report, which ranks the best markets for buying residential rental properties alo [...]
Chicago area ranks high in zombie foreclosures
According to RealtyTrac, the Chicago metro area had 9,975 "zombie foreclosures" in Q2 2014, ranking it third in the nation.
The following is from [...]
Were Illinois home sales up or down in May?
The answer to the headline question depends on which data source you're looking at.
According to the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR), th [...]
Illinois ranks fourth nationally in foreclosure filings
According to a just-released RealtyTrac report, Illinois had the fourth highest rate of foreclosure activity in the nation. Per RealtyTrac:
Ill [...]
RealtyTrac reports home price appreciation accelerated in April
According to RealtyTrac data, the median sales price of U.S. residential properties — including both distressed and non-distressed sales — was $1 [...]
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 [...]
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:
T [...]
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 sales volume, prices up sharply year-over-year
Chicago-area sales volume increased 21% year-over-year in January 2014 and the median sales price increased 17%, to $175,000 according to RealtyTr [...]
Chicago drops out of top 10 metros in foreclosure rate
Miami had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation in 2013, with 3.93% of its housing units in some stage of foreclosure, according to recently- [...]
One-third of mortgaged Chicago-area homes are deeply in the red
Here's some bad news for home buyers who've been expecting rising home values to result in a broader selection of homes coming on the market.
A [...]
Chicago sales volume up 31% year-over-year in October
According to just-released RealtyTrac data, Chicago's October residential sales counts were at an annualized pace of 182,767, 31% higher than in O [...]
Chicago foreclosure rate third-highest among large metros in October
Chicago had the third-highest foreclosure rate among the 20 largest metropolitan areas in October, according to data just released by RealtyTrac. [...]
Institutional investors active in Chicago metro home market
According to data just released by RealtyTrac, institutional investors (defined as those purchasing 10 or more properties in the last 12 months) a [...]