Mary Umberger

What a wonderful tradition, filling every nook and cranny of your house with Christmas decor — unless, that is, you're trying to sell that house this month. Each year, many...

What a wonderful tradition, filling every nook and cranny of your house with Christmas decor — unless, that is, you're trying to sell that house this month. Each year, many...

If the Chicago real estate market were a patient recovering from a lingering, debilitating illness, the doctor might be obliged to set the patient's over-expectant family straight: Yes, your loved...

If the Chicago real estate market were a patient recovering from a lingering, debilitating illness, the doctor might be obliged to set the patient's over-expectant family straight: Yes, your loved...

With some regularity, real estate writers are surprised to discover that single people buy homes, inevitably prompting them to write stories that declare it: a) a trend, and b) further...

With some regularity, real estate writers are surprised to discover that single people buy homes, inevitably prompting them to write stories that declare it: a) a trend, and b) further...

If you're one of the growing number of apartment renters in downtown Chicago, take a minute to look down at your feet. Chances are, if you're in one of the...

If you're one of the growing number of apartment renters in downtown Chicago, take a minute to look down at your feet. Chances are, if you're in one of the...

The way Sheri Koones looks at it, the next real estate status symbol will be a minuscule heating bill. "It's the new bragging rights," said Koones. "People used to brag,...

Who you callin' old? Old age was once sort of a catchall category, but baby boomers are changing that, just as they have influenced society all their lives, according to...