Luxury home sales were hot in the first half of 2017. This shouldn’t be surprising as the stock market continued to hit new all time highs. Usually, new highs in the stock market equals strong luxury home sales. From Crain’s: Sales of high-end homes in Chicago and the suburbs grew sharply in the first half […]
The Illinois Association of Realtors is out with the May housing report. Once again, it was another strong month. The city of Chicago saw a 0.2 percent year-over-year home sales decline in May 2017 with 2,973 sales, down from 2,980 in May 2016. The median price of a home in the city of Chicago in […]
Anyone who has been trying to buy a condo in the GreenZone this year under $600,000 has stories of how hot the market is. Crain’s is reporting that condo market times fell to just 52 days in May, the lowest market time since January 2007. Chicago condos have been selling so fast this year that agent Sherri […]
Anyone in Chicago can see the cranes. They are everywhere. Downtown, Hyde Park, Bucktown, Logan Square, Lincoln Park, and Lakeview. Chicago has more construction cranes (over 40) than ANY other city in America. Most of the buildings going up are luxury apartment towers. Crain’s says 2,000 of these apartments will be completed this summer in the […]
The Illinois Association of Realtors is out with the April sales data: The city of Chicago saw a 4.4 percent year-over-year home sales decline in April 2017 with 2,586 sales, down from 2,706 in April 2016. The median price of a home in the city of Chicago in April 2017 was $297,150, up 3.9 percent […]
We’ve chattered about the incredible asking prices on some condos in the red hot West Loop this year. Now, Crain’s is reporting that a new construction penthouse condo listed at $5.6 million has gone under contract in 900 W. Washington. It would be the most expensive condo ever sold in the neighborhood. By far. The […]
The spring market started off on a blistering pace as buyers rushed to buy on fears of rising mortgage rates. From the Illinois Association of Realtors: The city of Chicago saw a 15.3 percent year-over-year home sales increase in March 2017 with 2,478 sales, up from 2,149 in March 2016. The median price of a […]
The Illinois Association of Realtors is out with the February 2017 home sales. Tight inventory has been an issue at price points under $1 million. According to the IAR, home sales fell year over year even with the best winter weather ever. The city of Chicago saw a 4.0 percent year-over-year home sales decrease in […]
This 5-bedroom contemporary single family home at 2820 N. Paulina in Lakeview came on the market in November 2016. But for those long time readers, they would remember this house because we’ve chattered about it several times before, including in 2013 when it was bank owned. See the 2013 chatter here. This was a new […]
The January sales numbers are out and it was another strong month. It obviously also helped that there was no snow or bitter cold during the month. So what else is there to do? Might as well house shop. From the Illinois Association of Realtors: The city of Chicago saw a 9.3 percent year-over-year home […]