More of Same: No Inventory, Higher Prices, Affordability All-Time Low Nationwide Real Estate Stats for June 2024 U.S. existing-home sales declined for the third consecutive month, as higher mortgage rates and rising sales prices hindered market activity during what...
Home Buying Changes in one Month I take calls every day from prospective clients, and to my surprise most have never heard of the NAR settlement. Since it impacts the entire real estate transaction (not only in Chicago but nationwide), I must spell it out...
Deals Galore With Glut of Downtown Luxury Condos Chicago Home Prices Finally Double Since 2000 According to March data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, Chicago home prices here are now two times what they were as the year 2000 began. Finally, Chicago home...
Rare Two-Fisted Punch Smacks Chicago Real Estate Market Rising prices and interest rates made Chicago homes less affordable in March than they’ve beenat any time in the past 17 years, and probably longer. A monthly index of affordability that the Chicago Association...
NAR Settlement Fallout: Buyers Screwed Like Never Before Many of you are aware of the NAR settlement reached last week. Sadly, most of the articles wrongly concluded that sellers will no longer have to pay buyer agent commissions, that buyer agents are not needed and...