Chicagoland has been waiting for a very long time to hear some good news come down the stretch when it comes to the real estate market. For too long the Windy City has been devoid of positive momentum. Finally, the housing market here is showing signs of gaining a stable footing. According to an analysis …
Chicagoland Housing Market Shows Improvement in May Read More »
Thousands of Chicago-area homeowners will be excited to get their mail this week. New Lenox officials have announced that property tax rebate checks were mailed to its homeowners yesterday, a week ahead of schedule. Village officials had promised residents a 33 percent annual rebate on their property taxes if they would approve a referendum in …
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December home prices in the metro Chicago real estate market have posted a second consecutive record low since the housing boom of 2006. According to the latest report from the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, metro Chicago home prices fell 1.4 percent in December to 117.86, which beats the record low set in November …
No wonder there is so much Chicago real estate for sale: The city has lost 200,000 residents over the last decade. According to 2010 Census statistics released this week, Chicago, the third-most-populous city in the country, lost 6.92 percent of its residents between 2000 and 2010. That means that whomever becomes the next city mayor …
Home sales in the metro Chicago real estate market posted their third consecutive annual increase in 2010. Data released Wednesday showed that 69,251 homes sold in the seven-county metro Chicago area in 2010 compared to 68,999 in 2009. That’s a 0.4 percent increase. The information comes via RE/MAX Northern Illinois through data provided by MRED, …
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Home sales in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market finished last year on a positive note. According to a report by RE/MAX Northern Illinois, home sales in the Chicago area saw the best month in December since June when compared to the prior year’s sales activity. In the seven-county Chicago area, 5,175 homes were sold …
