Global Cities Office Occupancy Costs
Downloadable list of office occupancy costs in Chicago and other global cities. Comparative Office Occupancy Costs (June 2016) … Read More
Research & Data
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Cook County Property Tax Rates 2015
Downloadable PDF provides 2015 property tax rates for Cook County’s more than 1,400 taxing agencies. The average City of Chicago residential taxpayer should expect to see a 12.8% increase in their tax bill while Suburban Cook … Read More
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August 2016 Home Prices and Sales
The Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR) reported that year over year residential sales in the city of Chicago increased by 2.6%, with 2,770 sales in August 2016 compared to 2,701 sales in August 2015. The median sale … Read More
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Chicago by the Numbers September 2016
World Business Chicago tracks indicators from month to month to gauge the strength of several aspects of Chicago’s economy, including employment in major sectors, residential and office real estate data, price and purchasing indexes, and … Read More
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Midwest Job Openings and Hiring Activity – July 2016
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released July 2016 figures from its Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), which tracks job openings, hires, and separations (quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations including retirement). Read More
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Index Shows Midwest Economic Growth Below Average in July
Today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago released July 2016 figures for its Midwest Economy Index (MEI). The MEI is a weighted average of 129 indicators designed to measure non-farm business activity in the Midwest (IL, … Read More
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Chicago Metro Unemployment Rate Decreases to 5.5% in July 2016
This morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released preliminary July 2016 unemployment rates for all Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). The unemployment rate measures the percentage of the local workforce that reports itself as being … Read More
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Case-Shiller Home Price Index, June 2016
Today, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) released June 2016 values for its Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks the prices of existing single-family homes in 20 U.S. metro areas. The index in each metropolitan area extends from a … Read More
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Local Employment Trends July 2016
Today, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) released preliminary July 2016 data on unemployment rates for municipalities across the state based on the current population survey (or “household survey”). The following brief summarizes this data, … Read More
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July 2016 Home Prices and Sales
The Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR) reported that year over year residential sales in the city of Chicago declined by 11.9%, with 2,714 sales in July 2016 compared to 3,082 sales in July 2015. The median … Read More