8/21/14
The following arrived via news release from CoreLogic: Distressed sales (REO and short sales) accounted for 11.4 percent of total home sales in June,...
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...
7/23/13
The Fulton River District was still a new neighborhood, but it had become relatively established by the time that Jefferson Tower, 200 N Jefferson,...
5/30/13
RealtyTrac today released its Q1 2013 U.S. Foreclosure & Short Sales Report, which shows that a total of 190,121 U.S. properties in some stage...
5/1/13
Printers Row Lofts is an 8-story, 138-unit loft building at 732 S Financial Pl in the South Loop. The building, which is on the...
4/24/13
Yesterday CoreLogic released its April MarketPulse Report (PDF, free registration required). The report includes a discussion of housing’s anticipated contribution to economic growth and...
4/22/13
Last week the ever-informative Calculated Risk blog posted a table showing the share of the market accounted for by distressed properties, i.e. short sales...
2/28/13
RealtyTrac today released its Year-End and Q4 2012 U.S. Foreclosure and Short Sales Report, which shows a total of 947,995 U.S. properties in some...
2/22/13
Rogers Park developers periodically fall prey to a state of irrational exuberance. The peak of the most recent mania had already passed in May...
2/8/13
After hearing of a short sale that elicited 33 bids – 22 of them cash offers – within a week, I reached out to...
12/7/12
RealtyTrac released its Q3 2012 Foreclosure & Short Sales Report yesterday. In, Q3 24% of Illinois sales, or nearly in every 4, were foreclosure-related....
11/15/12
The following market update arrived via a news release from RE/MAX Northern Illinois: The seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market delivered a strong performance...
11/7/12
The three blue and gold 11-story towers of Edgewater‘s Catalpa Gardens make a colorful statement up close and from a distance. The 126-unit complex’s...
10/26/12
The following market update arrived via a news release from RE/MAX Northern Illinois: The residential segment of the metropolitan Chicago real estate market extended...
8/31/12
Six and a half years ago we were reporting at length on a condo boom and a lagging retail scene in Rogers Park. Our...
8/27/12
Unit 1S at 7708 S Essex Ave is a 3-bedroom, 2-bath duplex that’s listed as 3,300 square feet and described as “completely remodeled with...
6/2/12
It could be just a case of a spring market up-tick, but a number of neighborhoods have seen the inventory of available homes drop...
4/17/12
This morning’s email brought the following from a local Realtor: Meet the latest in shady practices – the short sale come-on tease. These are...
4/4/12
Four years ago in January, 3% of all closed sales in Chicago were lender-owned foreclosures and 1% were short sales. A short sale, as...
1/18/12
The CoreLogic Market Pulse report for November (PDF) just became available and the Chicago numbers aren’t pretty. For the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville metro area, CoreLogic reports...