Tag: Trends
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 [...]
The state of the nation’s housing
Each year Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies publishes a much-anticipated and widely-read report on The State of the Nation's H [...]
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 [...]
Watch the Tilt tilting at the Hancock
For those among you who have an affinity for watching grass grow and paint peel, we offer a video view of the Tilt at the Hancock tilting.
The [...]
Metro Chicago home prices continue to rise
CoreLogic's April Home Price Index reflects prices that have continued to rise, and CoreLogic is projecting that prices will rise nationally 6.3 p [...]
Do street fairs reflect Chicago’s racial divide?
If all you knew about Chicago's demographic and racial mix is what you saw at your local street fair, would you have an accurate picture of Chicag [...]
Million-dollar sales up 21% in Chicago through April
The following market update arrived via a news release from RE/MAX Northern Illinois:
The Chicago-area luxury home market continued to gain g [...]
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 [...]
Chicago-area home prices increase
CoreLogic released its March Home Price Index (HPI) report yesterday:
In Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, home prices, including distresse [...]
Are websites increasing racial and economic segregation?
It's been 10 years since journalist Bill Bishop began writing about "the big sort" and five years since the publication of his book. Amazon summar [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]