Chicago’s Summer Market Is Hot, But Not the Way It Was in 2021
If you've been waiting for the housing market to "calm down" before you buy or sell, I've got some news that might make you spill your Sunday coffee: it hasn't. At least...
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Curated daily roundup of real estate market news affecting Chicagoland buyers and sellers, with commentary from Team Goddard.
Count the Shoes at the Front Door: Chicagoland’s Summer Market Is Quietly Working in Your Favor
There's an old trick for reading a housing market that no spreadsheet can match: walk into an open house and count the shoes piled by the front door. In the Chicago area...
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Summer’s Hot, and So Is Your Neighbor’s Listing: What Chicagoland Buyers Are Really Up Against
Here's a number that should stop you mid-scroll if you're house-hunting around here: homes in Chicagoland are going under contract in an average of 27 days. Not two months. Not "a reasonable...
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Chicago Didn’t Get the Memo: Why Our Suburbs Are Thriving While the Nation Stalls
Here's something funny about the 2026 housing market: read the national headlines and you'd think everyone's sitting on their hands. Slow sales, skinny inventory, monthly costs still bumping up against records. Redfin's...
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The Suburbs Aren’t Reading the National Headlines (And That’s Good News)
Here's a fun exercise for a July morning: read a national real estate headline, then look out the window at what's actually happening in the western suburbs. The two don't match. And...
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Rates Aren’t Crashing, and That’s Actually the Good News for Chicagoland Buyers
Every summer for the past few years, somebody at a backyard barbecue in Bartlett corners me with the same question: "So when are mortgage rates going to drop?" And every summer I...
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Why Your Neighbor’s House Sold in Three Days (And What That Means for You)
If you've been half-watching the housing market this summer, waiting for some dramatic headline to tell you whether to buy, sell, or just sit tight with the AC cranked, here's the honest...
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First-Timers Are Back: What a 35% Buyer Surge Means for Bartlett This Summer
If you've been sitting on the fence about buying your first home around here, I've got news that might get you off it: first-time buyers just hit 35% of the market nationally...
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Springfield Wants Your Neighbor to Build a Four-Flat. Here’s What That Means for the Suburbs.
Drive down almost any street in Bartlett, Carol Stream, or Bloomingdale and you'll see the same thing: single-family houses, one after another, on lots that were platted decades ago with one very...
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The July 4th Reality Check: What the Mid-Year Market Means for Chicagoland Buyers and Sellers
Nothing says American independence quite like checking mortgage rates over a holiday weekend. And honestly? The numbers this July 4th deserve a look — because the second half of 2026 is shaping...
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