7/31/13
“This city is really defined by a south and a north. And they are two different worlds,” says playwright Luis Alfaro in the video....
7/30/13
Five years ago we were writing about some of the larger projects that promised to inject new life into parts of Chicago’s South Side....
7/25/13
When I was in high school, a reminder that “the light at the end of the tunnel is Jersey City” was richly ironic. Now...
7/24/13
I shudder to think about how many real agents I’ve spoken with over the years, from all parts of the country. However diverse they...
7/24/13
The Woodstock Institute self-describes as “a leading nonprofit research and policy organization in the areas of fair lending, wealth creation, and financial systems reform.”...
7/11/13
A post at HGTV’s FrontDoor site has this headline: “Trending: International Investors Buying Up Chicago.” International house hunters, according to FrontDoor, represent “a smoking...
6/29/13
This is the first edition of our weekly recap of Chicago real estate news. Check back each Saturday for a look back at the...
6/20/13
For several years now we’ve brought you categorized links to real estate and neighborhood news stories from 100s of local, regional and national news...
6/18/13
The following market update arrived via a news release from RE/MAX Northern Illinois: A renewed appetite for condominium purchases has become apparent in the...
6/11/13
Yesterdays’ email included the following, from Redfin: According to Redfin’s latest Bidding War Report, Chicago saw a 2.8 percentage point decline in bidding wars...
4/26/13
A recent webinar in California suggested that “pocket listings,” i.e. listings represented by an agent that are on the market but not 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
Back in the mid-90s the Department of Housing and Urban Development issued proposed guidelines for bringing enforcement actions for violations of section 804(c) of...
4/22/13
YoChicago reached 59,476 unique visitors in March, a 28% increase over March 2012, and a new high, surpassing January’s previous high. We reached over...
4/16/13
Legendary Chicago entrepreneur and real estate investor Sam Zell recently spoke at an NYU symposium on real estate investment trusts. According to The Real...
3/28/13
Investor confidence in commercial real estate continues to climb to new highs, and real estate investors have a strong preference for buying apartments, according...
3/27/13
CoreLogic released its January 2013 Shadow Inventory Report yesterday and issued the following news release: CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading residential property information, analytics...
3/14/13
I’ve been hearing about what I call the “mythical empty-nester” for more than 30 years now. At newgeography.com Wendell Cox counters an empty nester...
3/7/13
According to census experts, the average American moves an estimated 14 times during his or her lifetime. People move for a variety of reasons...
3/6/13
A post at The Atlantic Cities suggests a looming mismatch between the number of aging baby boomers looking to sell homes and the number...