This house on Linden Avenue in Western Springs sold for $910,000 in June. (Dawn McKenna Group, Coldwell Banker) By Dennis RodkinJuly 28, 2026Crain’s Chicago Business Key Takeaways People shopping for a Chicago-area home this summer have about one-third the inventory to choose from that they would have had in 2019, the last summer before the […]
Tracy Cross & Associates, Inc.2nd Quarter 2026 Homebuilders sold 3,087 new construction units in the Chicago region during the first six months of 2026; an increase of nearly 6.0 percent compared to the first half of 2025 when 2,921 contracts were recorded. Transactions were split between 1,786 in the single family detached sector, representing a […]
By Dennis RodkinAugust 5, 2025Crain’s Chicago Business Credit: Coldwell Banker Realty The number of newly built homes sold in the Chicago area was flat in the first half of the year, frustrating a veteran analyst who believes there’s enough demand to fuel a big increase if builders would only tap into it. “There would be […]