Chicagoland Real Estate Blog

Some people believe there’s a group of homeowners who may be reluctant to sell their houses because they don’t want to lose the ...

Experts are starting to make their 2023 home price forecasts. As they do, most agree homes will continue to gain value, just at a slower pace. Over ...

The real estate market is on just about everyone’s mind these days. That’s because the unsustainable market of the past two years is ...

Buying a home has never been easy. However, over the past few years, the process has become truly herculean as buyers have been pushed to emotional ...

Opendoor’s iBuying program got hit particularly hard last month. Due to lower-than-expected transaction volumes and slowing price appreciation, ...

The pandemic’s historically-low interest rates have created an interesting phenomena called the “locked-in” effect. As interest ...

Though we're still feeling the summer heat outside, Fall is on its way. Typically a literal and figurative cooling off period for the housing market, ...

Central banks around the world maintained their aggressive stance on tightening monetary policy to fight inflation this week. As a result, mortgage ...

Buying a home is one of the most important and expensive decisions you’ll ever make. For that reason alone, you need to use the best, most ...

If there’s been one constant in the U.S. housing market over the past two and half years it would have to be the seemingly universal ascent ...

Norada Real Estate Investments recently revealed its 21 best cities for real estate investment in 2022 and 2023, and Chicago made the list. The ...

The Average First-time Home Buyer Is 33 years old Has a household income of $86,500 Spends a median of $252,000 on the home purchase price Makes a ...

The Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors recently released a report showing just how much rising prices have helped current homeowners. ...

Why Today’s Housing Inventory Proves the Market Isn’t Headed for a Crash Whether or not you owned a home in 2008, you likely ...

6 Secrets to Keep Your Home Spotless for Showings Keeping your home immaculately clean while it’s on the market is exhausting. Sure, you can ...

Rental prices logged a new record in August. The median rent for a one-bedroom unit reached a record-high of $1,486, up 11.8% YoY. More than half of ...

Realtor.com launched a survey to ask how sellers handled the past year, from overheated competition to the early stages of a buyer’s market. ...