Shortage of area homes for sale throws spotlight on appraisals
Real estate agents are still fretting about a lack of quality inventory in some parts of the housing market, and the shortage continues to drive up prices. That's good for...
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Cedar Street leaving Fulton to expand focus on small apartments
It's a tough call deciding what's hotter in Chicago real estate investment circles: the Fulton Market area or apartment construction throughout the city. Cedar Street Cos. is choosing apartments. The...
Chicago home prices slip for fifth straight month
Chicago-area home prices declined in January for the fifth consecutive month but they remained 2.5 percent ahead of where they were a year earlier, according a barometer of the housing...
TransUnion files for IPO to raise as much as $100 million
Credit reporting company TransUnion on Tuesday filed documents for an initial public offering, seeking to raise as much as $100 million for the Chicago-based company. Its competitors, Equifax and Experian,...
Will County leads the country in population shift
Kendall County made national headlines five years ago when the Census Bureau proclaimed it the fastest growing county in the nation over a 10-year period. Now Will County is getting...
County programs aim to broaden affordable housing options
There are about 13,000 federal rental assistance vouchers in suburban Cook County's housing program. They're all spoken for, and the wait list has been closed for years. Yet the Housing...
Chicago home sales up for first time in 8 months
Existing-home sales within the city of Chicago during February posted the first monthly year-over-year gain since June and prices rose more than 20 percent, indicating a good start for the...
Former Marshall Field’s warehouse gets new life
Marshall Field's is long gone from Chicago but a pair of developers is trying to keep part of the name alive with the redevelopment of a sprawling 1.5 million-square-foot complex...
Aldermen OK stricter affordable housing law
Chicago aldermen still want residential developers to boost the supply of affordable housing within the city but are temporarily scaling back the stiff fees that will be charged to companies...
Quirky Twitter account helps sell Mount Prospect house
There's a cottage industry out there of authors penning books on how to sell a home. Search the phrase "selling your house" on Amazon and more than 2,600 book results...