A couple weeks ago, we blogged up the Best of @REConfidential, our tell-all Twitter feed that chronicles the strange and funny things our agents encounter on a daily basis. What we didn’t mention is that a vast majority of the bizarre stuff we’ve been tweeting comes straight from our Chicago agents. What is it about… Read More
What’s new in the March stats and trends? Not much, as the story continues to be that of low inventory and bidding wars on hot, well-priced homes. While the number of homes for sale in Cook County was up 8% month-over-month, the jump in demand outpaced that of supply, as the number of homes sold… Read More
It’s time (a bit past time, actually) for our monthly check-in of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). The Case-Shiller data is generally considered to be the most reliable measure of overall home price changes for a region, since they only consider repeat sales of homes when calculating their index, instead of looking at all… Read More
Big news! Today, Redfin Chicago is launching a major expansion to our charter as a technology-powered real estate broker: Redfin Open Book, a local reviews site for lenders, inspectors and title companies. Later this spring, we’ll add the stagers, landscapers and handymen used by sellers to get their home on the market. Our goal is to… Read More
“Last month didn’t feel like February, but unusual has become the norm in this market,” explains Greg Whelan, Redfin Agent in Bucktown. The lack of quality inventory and the soaring demand made it seem more like a typical May or June. “Specifically, within Bucktown, where there were 25% fewer homes on the market last month… Read More
It’s time (a bit past time, actually) for our monthly check-in of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). The Case-Shiller data is generally considered to be the most reliable measure of overall home price changes for a region, since they only consider repeat sales of homes when calculating their index, instead of looking at all… Read More
Guest post by Greg Whelan, Agent, Near North Side Deciding It Was Time to Buy After helping more than two hundred people buy and sell homes during my last decade as a real estate professional, I decided last spring that it was time to become a homeowner myself. I had been quite content renting my… Read More
The news is pretty typical for the month of January: sale prices for single family homes (SFH) in almost every county across the area fell last month. This is what we expect to happen in the wake of the holidays and the season slowing down with the colder weather. But in DuPage County, prices increased… Read More
It’s time for our monthly check-in of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). The Case-Shiller data is generally considered to be the most reliable measure of overall home price changes for a region, since they only consider repeat sales of homes when calculating their index, instead of looking at all the homes that sold in… Read More
It’s time for our monthly check-in of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). The Case-Shiller data is generally considered to be the most reliable measure of overall home price changes for a region, since they only consider repeat sales of homes when calculating their index, instead of looking at all the homes that sold in… Read More