Illinois Home Sales Down Slightly Year-Over-Year

by Phil Hall | May 26, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Illinois recorded 11,413 home sales in April, a mild 0.4% drop from the 11,454 sold one year before. According to data from Illinois Realtors, the 18,683 homes available for sale statewide last month were 5.1% less than the 19,686 homes available in April 2025. The...

Wells Fargo to Provide Financing for Icon’s 3D Printed Homes

by Phil Hall | May 26, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) will begin writing mortgages for homes built with technology from Icon, the leading 3D residential construction company. Icon has previously worked with the lender’s philanthropic arm, the Wells Fargo Foundation, for the financing of...

OffersTree Debuts as Platform for Buying and Selling Vacant Land

by Phil Hall | May 26, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate Agent Tools, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Newark, Delaware-headquartered real estate fintech OffersTree has rolled out a land marketplace designed to connect buyers and landowners focused on vacant and undeveloped land. According to the company, the platform is designed as a nationwide marketplace that...

Ground Broken on 1,200-Unit Montreal Residential Development

by Phil Hall | May 26, 2026 | Current News & Events, International Real Estate News, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The real estate developer Groupe HD and the Quebec-focused investment fund Fondaction have broken ground on Laurea – Quartier d’ambition, a residential development in Montreal’s Olympic District sector. According to the companies, the project represents an...

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of May 18-22

by Phil Hall | May 22, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Hits and Misses, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Mortgage rates on the rise, predicting home sales in San Francisco, and the other Barbara Corcoran in the spotlight. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of May 18-22. Miss: Heading Right in the Wrong Direction....