All Entries Tagged With: "real estate industry"
@properties’ Thaddeus Wong Named to List of 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders
Wong was one of only 32 brokerage firm executives nationwide to make the list and one of only a dozen representing independent real estate firms.
Chicago Real Estate Prices Drop, Nationally Rise 0.3%
Just as Chicago breaking news reports that home prices in the Chicago fell 1.6 percent in December, nationally prices continue to tick up 0.3% according to S&P / Case -Shiller. The Chicago real estate news is the sharpest decline among the top 20 metropolitan markets in December, according to a widely watched housing index released Tuesday. [...]
Existing Home Sales Continue To Trend Upward Nationally
Chicago-area home buyers who weren’t willing to bet that a federal tax credit was going to be extended closed on more than 6,826 existing home purchases last month, making November the fifth consecutive month of improved year-over-year home sales for Chicago real estate.
The National Association of Realtors reports that November home sales improved for year [...]
Sam Zell Betting On Commercial Chicago Real Estate
Sam Zell, owner of the Chicago Tribune and Equity Office Properties, figures that commercial real estate will turn before jobs in the coming years. Chicago real estate daily reports Zell saying “U.S. commercial real estate market likely will turn around before the economy regains the 7.25 million jobs lost over the recession.”
“It will take us three to [...]
Buying A Home Via Short Sale – Tips For Chicago Buyers
Maybe you’ve heard someone talk about short sales, the transaction involving negotiating the purchase of a home with a lending institution, typically below market value and less than the mortgage owed for the property. These types of transactions are difficult to execute for a number of reasons including the time it takes negotiate with the [...]
