3/14/14
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...
2/5/14
CoreLogic is reporting that home prices nationally increased 11% year-over-year in December 2013, the 22nd consecutive month in which home prices increased year-over-year. Single-family...
2/4/14
While reading a string of negative reviews on Yelp for Prairie Shores Management I locked in on the name of Richard Holtzman. Back in...
1/17/14
The following market update arrived via a news release from RE/MAX Northern Illinois: During the final month of 2013, home sales in the seven-county...
1/17/14
Chicago’s fifth five-year housing plan was presented to the City Council on Wednesday for approval. According to Chicago Real Estate Daily, the 2014-2018 plan...
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...
12/1/13
Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood is best known as a playground for the young and affluent, but it’s also home to many families and elderly...
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....
11/25/13
Planning Chicago, published earlier this year, is a look back at the history of planning in Chicago, with a focus starting in the Mayor...
11/21/13
The following market update arrived via a news release from RE/MAX Northern Illinois: Combined sales of attached and detached residences in Chicago selling for...
11/18/13
After years of seeing rents rise, renters may be singing “happy days are here again,” according to Appraisal Research Counselors data reported by Chicago...
11/12/13
Several months ago The Wall Street Journal weighed in on the topic of baby boomers moving to trendy New York neighborhoods: Hip urban neighborhoods...
11/7/13
The number of homes and condos listed for rent in the local MLS continues to creep upward. As of yesterday evening, the count stood...
11/7/13
Marcus & Millichap has just released its Q4 Local Apartment Reports for 39 metro areas, including Chicago. Some of the high-level findings: Employment: Local...
10/21/13
Joel Kotkin, writing at newgeography, argues that the oft-reported back-to-the-city trend among empty nesters is a myth: Perhaps no urban legend has played as...
9/26/13
RealtyTrac today released its August 2013 U.S. Residential & Foreclosure Sales Report, which shows that U.S. residential properties, including single family homes and condominiums...
9/24/13
YouTube Analytics tells us that less than 75% of our video views originate in the United States. So far this year YoChicago videos have...
9/10/13
According to a recent piece by Aaron Renn at City Journal, the New York area lost nearly 2 million net domestic migrants in the...
8/15/13
Chicago Real Estate Daily recently reported that the next phase of the redevelopment of the Robert Taylor Homes is moving forward. It involves the...
8/9/13
Five years ago today we mentioned that the New York Times had asked economists to “share the data they use to figure out how...