Property News
Former Bear Johnny Knox lists Gurnee town home for $299,900
Chicago Tribune - 9 Dec 2015 22:34Golfer Jeff Sluman lists Hinsdale mansion for $5 million
Chicago Tribune - 9 Dec 2015 21:44
After a more than two-year hiatus, professional golfer Jeff Sluman on Wednesday placed his 13-room, custom-built mansion in Hinsdale back on the market for $5 million. Sluman, 58, won the 1988 PGA Championship. Today, he...
Developers looking to build in hot neighborhoods will have to pay more toward affordable housing
Boston - 9 Dec 2015 20:49
An executive order from Mayor Marty Walsh is changing the city's fee structure.
Housing's new crisis: Half your income for rent
CNBC - 9 Dec 2015 19:50
A quarter of all renters now pay half their incomes on those monthly bills, according to a new study.
New research reveals what UK residential tenants want
Property Wire - 9 Dec 2015 16:54
Nearly half of tenants in the UK would be prepared to travel for between 15 and 30 minutes, or between 30 and 45 minutes door to door to reach their office or place of work each morning, according to a new survey. In Wal...
WLS's Karen Jordan lists Skokie house for $675,000
Chicago Tribune - 9 Dec 2015 14:46Expected Fed hike boosts mortgage applications
CNBC - 9 Dec 2015 14:00
A strong monthly employment report also helped the rise in mortgage applications, which jumped 1.2 percent last week.
Home lending in UK up by 8.5%, but some sectors seeing falls in recent months
Property Wire - 9 Dec 2015 11:25
Lending for home purchases in the UK increased by 8.5% year on year to £43.5 billion in the third quarter of 2015, according to the latest data from the Bank of England. However, the data also shows that the proportion ...
Property listings fall across the UK, more than usual seasonal drop off
Property Wire - 9 Dec 2015 10:47
New property listings in the UK fell by 21.5% across the country in November following three months of small rises, the latest research shows, with London particularly affected. The data from the Property Supply Index co...
Office Market Overhaul for Downtown L.A.
Wall Street Journal - 9 Dec 2015 05:43
The office market in downtown Los Angeles is undergoing a surge of investment, with developers in the process of overhauling more than one million square feet of tired warehouses and old office buildings in at least seve...
Where Rich Chinese Are Stashing Cash: America's Hotels, Strip Malls
Wall Street Journal - 9 Dec 2015 00:05
Well-off Chinese, jolted by the country's summer stock crash and worried that Beijing could strip them of their wealth or inflate away their savings, are parking their money in U.S. commercial property.