Curated daily roundup of real estate market news affecting Chicagoland buyers and sellers, with commentary from Team Goddard.
If you've been refreshing Zillow every morning hoping for a break, this week probably felt like a shrug. Mortgage rates ticked up again — not dramatically, but enough to notice — and...
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Here's the number that tells the whole story right now: three months of supply. That's what Illinois is sitting on statewide as of the latest Redfin read, and it's actually down year...
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There's a particular kind of buyer I meet every August. They've got the pre-approval, they've got the Saturday mornings free, and they've got one condition: they're waiting for rates to drop. And...
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For about three years, house hunting in DuPage County felt a little like musical chairs at a kid's birthday party: not enough seats, everybody scrambling, and somebody always walking away disappointed. That...
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If you've been refreshing rate-tracker websites hoping to catch a dramatic drop, I have some slightly boring news for you: mortgage rates spent this week doing almost nothing. As of Thursday, August...
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If you've been waiting for the Chicagoland housing market to either crash or catch fire, I've got mildly disappointing news for you: it's doing neither. And honestly? That's the healthiest thing it...
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There's a funny thing happening in the housing market right now, and if you only read the national headlines you'd probably miss it. Everyone's been talking about "more inventory" for months like...
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A week ago, seven tornadoes tore across the Chicago suburbs. This week, the chainsaws are still running, the tarps are still stapled to roofs, and insurance adjusters are working overtime. If you...
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If you've been waiting for the housing market to do something dramatic — a crash, a boom, a headline that finally makes the decision for you — I've got news that's either...
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If you've been half-watching the Chicago market waiting for some dramatic signal that it's a good time to sell, here it is: buyers on the city's North Side are throwing elbows. The...
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