Chicagoland Rents Are Climbing and Listings Just Shrank 7.8% — Buckle Up, Renters

    Chicagoland Rents Are Climbing and Listings Just Shrank 7.8% — Buckle Up, Renters By Jenny Jones, Baird & Warner · July 24, 2026 · Market Trends · Chicagoland · NW Suburbs Chicago's median asking rent just ticked up to $1,833, active listings across Chicagoland dropped 7.8% in June, and somewher

Summer Homebuying Is Back — And It Is Not Playing Around

Summer Homebuying Is Back — And It Is Not Playing Around By Jenny Jones, Baird & Warner · July 9, 2026 · Market Trends · NW Suburbs · Chicagoland Packed open houses. Offers above asking price. Buyers fighting over a limited number of listings. Yep — it's summer in the Chicago-area housing market, an

Chicagoland Home Prices Are Up 7.7% — and the NW Suburbs Are Absolutely Here for It

    Chicagoland Home Prices Are Up 7.7% — and the NW Suburbs Are Absolutely Here for It By Jenny Jones, Baird & Warner · July 1, 2026 · Market Trends · Chicagoland · NW Suburbs The national real estate market has been doing its best impression of a sad trombone lately. But Chicagoland? We're playing

Half a Million Isn't Even a Conversation-Starter Anymore: McHenry County Home Sales Are Climbing

    Half a Million Isn't Even a Conversation-Starter Anymore: McHenry County Home Sales Are Climbing By Jenny Jones, Baird & Warner · June 22, 2026 · Crystal Lake · Lake in the Hills · McHenry County · Market Update Two Crystal Lake homes closed in the past week — one at $800,000, another at $682,50