12/11/14
RealtyTrac just released its US Foreclosure Market Report for November 2014, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions —...
11/26/14
RealtyTrac just released its October 2014 Residential & Foreclosure Sales Report. According to the report: … the median sales price of U.S. single family...
10/16/14
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....
7/24/14
RealtyTrac defines a mortgaged home as “seriously underwater” when “the combined loan amount secured by the property is at least 25 percent higher than...
7/17/14
RealtyTrac released its Midyear 2014 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report today. The report reflects a 19% decrease in US foreclosure filings over the previous six...
7/10/14
RealtyTrac released an analysis today profiling which single family homes sell at the deepest discounts and which sell at the highest premiums based on...
7/3/14
RealtyTrac just released its Q2 2014 Residential Property Rental Report, which ranks the best markets for buying residential rental properties along with the best...
6/26/14
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...
6/24/14
The answer to the headline question depends on which data source you’re looking at. According to the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR), the volume...
6/10/14
According to a just-released RealtyTrac report, Illinois had the fourth highest rate of foreclosure activity in the nation. Per RealtyTrac: Illinois foreclosure activity decreased...
5/29/14
According to RealtyTrac data, the median sales price of U.S. residential properties — including both distressed and non-distressed sales — was $172,000 in April,...
4/17/14
RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report for the first quarter of 2014. Thirty percent of all Illinois homes with a...
3/27/14
RealtyTrac released its February 2014 U.S. Residential and Foreclosure Sales Reportearlier today. Here are some of the metrics for Illinois: The number of homes...
3/13/14
RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for February 2014, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions —...
2/27/14
Chicago-area sales volume increased 21% year-over-year in January 2014 and the median sales price increased 17%, to $175,000 according to RealtyTrac‘s just-released January 2014...
1/16/14
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...
1/9/14
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...
11/26/13
According to just-released RealtyTrac data, Chicago’s October residential sales counts were at an annualized pace of 182,767, 31% higher than in October of 2012....
11/14/13
Chicago had the third-highest foreclosure rate among the 20 largest metropolitan areas in October, according to data just released by RealtyTrac. One in every...
10/24/13
According to data just released by RealtyTrac, institutional investors (defined as those purchasing 10 or more properties in the last 12 months) accounted for...