IHS in the News
2018
Repealing the Ban: Activists, Legislators Wrestle Over Rent Control
New rental report shows that many Cook County residents still struggle to find affordable housing
More wealthy households are renting
The number of 2-4 flat buildings in Cook County is at an historic low
Chicago’s Affordable Housing Shortage Needs Neighborhood Solutions
Shortage of affordable rentals grows in city
Why Some Chicagoans Aren't Here For The Upcoming Obama Presidential Center
Here's what's next in the push to lift the ban on rent control in Illinois
Obama Library Already Displacing Residents
Obama Presidential Center faces pushback from Jackson Park residents
Building Affordable Housing Just Got That Much Harder
Proposed development along 606 trail highlights tension over rising rents and home prices
Mayor talks blight removal at state conference
New Tools in the Battle to Preserve Affordable Housing and Prevent Displacement
Why housing may help Chicago in Amazon HQ2 race
Chicago activists stage dramatic protest against law prohibiting rent control
Regional Housing Solutions tool helps stakeholders see variations in Chicago's housing sub-markets
2017
Housing Inventory Is In Decline Along The 606, Putting Low-Income Residents At Risk Of Displacement
606-style trail could speed gentrification in Pilsen
Under-Zoning Is Exacerbating Displacement Near The 606
The “606 Effect” on Housing Prices Is Real, and Threatens to Displace Residents
House prices in Chicago suburbs fall as crime rate rises
Using Data to Facilitate Regional Collaboration
How Can We Keep Neighborhood Investments From Causing Displacement?
Back in the Game: CDFIs Help 1- to 4-Unit Rental Housing Rebound in Chicago
Housing Prices In Some Big American Cities Are Booming. Why Not Chicago?
Amazon headquarters could make Chicago’s housing crisis worse
Home Prices Are Heating Up In Humboldt Park, West Town & Bronzeville: Report
The Ultimate Guide To The Chicago Area's Hottest Neighborhoods
Cook County house prices cooling at top, report says
Single-Family Home Prices Leveling Out In Chicago, Study Says
Advancing regional solutions to address America’s housing affordability crisis
After big lull, suburban apartment construction has boomed since 2013
The most effective investments are ones that change travel behaviors
Atlanta’s Beltline, a transformative urban redevelopment, struggles with affordability
Fed-up Illinois homeowners consider moving: 'It’s not just the property taxes on my home; it’s all of them'
University, city officials evaluate impact of NU’s 2-year live-in requirement
Aldermen reject city funding proposal for 2nd Ward affordable housing development
Closing trails for fancy events sends the wrong message
Here's the latest area to see recovering home values
Mapping housing issues in Evanston
Market Conditions: Could Chicago’s housing market handle Amazon’s 2nd headquarters?
Service providers, residents urge for action on affordable housing
What would Amazon do to Chicago's housing market?
Can a Shared-Ownership Housing Model Help Ensure Long Term Affordability?
Jefferson Park can become model for new Chicago
Could rent control slow gentrification in Pilsen? Learn more at forum
Rehabs stabilizing market in this South Side neighborhood
Jeff Park low-income housing could benefit middle class, researchers say
Why black homeownership rates lag even as the housing market recovers
As cities look to get greener, lower-income residents fear gentrification
In Chicago, The 606 trail has been a blessing and a problem
Former working garage next to 606 becomes luxe 6-bedroom home
Anti-gentrification plan makes developers pay big for building near 606
Real estate’s new normal: Homeowners staying put
Report: Cook County short nearly 190,000 affordable rental units
Alderman Profited Off The 606 — But That Doesn’t Mean He Wants You To
Why half of Cook County renters pay more than they can afford in rent
More people are renting, but de-conversion & richer tenants are fueling a terrible affordability gap
The Beloved Chicago Two-Flat Is In Distress
These suburban Chicago markets have seen home prices rise the most
Home values in these Chicago neighborhoods are skyrocketing
Housing recovery lags other big metro areas
Housing prices soar in Humboldt Park, Garfield Park
Goodbye two-flats, goodbye affordability
Some Chicago neighborhoods, suburbs still clawing back from housing crash
Single-family home prices are highest ever in 4 areas of Chicago: study
Shopping for a home? New data show it's slim pickings
Reading the Housing Policy Tea Leaves
Eviction filings in Chicago appear to be on the decline
The 606 trail's uneasy rapport with its neighbors
Affordable Housing
Gentrification Along The 606 Could Be Curbed Under New Law, Aldermen Say
In The Loop Quick Looks - Millennial American Dreams
Aldermen want to 'put a brake' on gentrification along The 606
Affordable Housing Ordinance Poised To Roll In Along The 606
Higher home sale prices near 606, and there might be higher demolition fees soon
Neighborhood Updates Master Plan With Changing Chicago in Mind
The infamous practice of contract selling is back in Chicago
Can the Housing Market Accommodate an Aging America?
Old Mortgage Alternative Makes a Controversial Resurgence
2016
Attorneys: Cook County eviction court proceedings are ‘black box’
Investors see Rogers Park, Edgewater as Chicago's next destinations for priced-out North Siders
What next for Obamas' Kenwood home?
Slowik: Home prices increase, but construction boom fades into distant memory
Far South Side homeowners question Red Line extension’s impact on property values
Home values jump at western end of 606 trail
Housing Prices on The 606's West Side Grown Insanely High
Housing prices on the rise around The 606
Lessons from The 606
Urban Trails as Urban Planning
Cook County House Price Index: 'Housing Recovery Lags in Many Suberban Areas'
The 'frustrating' truth about this housing recovery
10 year after the bust: one decade past the housing crash, a reckonin
From Rails to Trails: The Economic Impact of Chicago’s Repurposed Railways
Using Data to Drive Community Change
Majority of CPS schools shuttered in 2013 are still vacant
State tosses $50,000 life preserver to underwater homeowners
Could Obama library lift Woodlawn's housing market?
The Uneven Housing Recovery Is More Uneven for Some
Can your neighborhood make you sick?
Chicago homes get less affordable for more people
Oak Park adding high-rise rental buildings
The 606 trail, a study in contrasts, celebrates its first birthday
Buy 2, Tear 1 Down: Lincoln Park Homes Bundled for $5.1M
Depressed property values show need to fix school funding system
Some Chicago neighborhoods, suburbs lag in housing recovery, study says
Well-Off Millennials Are Flooding Chicago’s Rental Market
Here's why apartment landlords love millennials
For Rental Housing, It’s the Best and Worst of Times
Is Mixed-Income Public Housing the Answer?
In The Loop
Seven years after the Great Recession, some Chicago suburbs may never recover
Little Village residents hope Paseo won't be a path to gentrification
Building Up and Tearing Down: Even as Demand Grows, some Chicago Neighborhoods Don’t
Renters by Choice
2015
Helping Logan Square Residents Cope with Neighborhood Change
Logan Square, West Town Home Prices Have More Than Doubled Since 2000
See where Cook County home values have changed most in 15 years
Using Housing Data to Pinpoint a Neighborhood’s Health
Who Will be Hardest Hit by the Chicago Property Tax Increase? A Q&A with the Institute for Housing Studies' Geoff Smith
Is Chicago a Bellwether for Mortgage Lending Trends?
As Home Market Stabilizes, Housing Counselors Change Focus
Mortgage lending in 2014 hit lowest level in a decade
Rising Rents Put the Squeeze on Many in Chicago
Sales of distressed homes fall to 6-year low
In Chicago, an Inviting New Trail Brings Urban Promise, and a Few Misgivings
Can a Bank be a Good Neighbor?
Some Logan Square residents worry about gentrification
Chicago Fills Big New Preservation Pool
Banks give $200 million for low-income housing loans
Is the Bloomingdale Trail a path to displacement?
Sauganash Whole Foods Is Building Parking Where There Should Be Housing
Years Later, Some Chicago Home Prices Are Stuck in 2000
How Far Did They Fall? A Look at Housing Prices From Boom to Bust in Communities Across the Chicago Metro Area
Cook County House Price Index Highlights Persistent Divide Between Neighborhoods
(ENews Park Forest) Cook County House Price Index Highlights Persistent Divide Between Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods recovering, but some far faster than others
Nine Years After the Bubble, Peak Prices Are Far Off for Many Homeowners
The Good, The Bad, The Local: The Housing Market's Rebound
Greystone program expands its vintage housing reach
The anti-gentrifier who's saving the former Lawson YMCA
Demolition orders down, but housing crisis far from over
'Home sales are up nearly 50 percent' from the worst of the housing crisis, Obama says
2014
Will low home loan rates lead to lock-ins?
Single-family home rentals rise 14 percent
Mortgage lock-in could impact number of homes for sale
Wall Street Firm Buying Up Thousands of Chicago Homes
Why lending alone won't solve Chicago's affordable-housing problem
Study takes closer look at loan practices for rental buildings
Study: Landlords on South, West sides can't get loans
Suburban Cook home price gains pass those of Chicago
Is Blackstone buying homes in your neighborhood?
Examining Patterns of Concentrated Institutional Investor Purchases in Cook County
As residential market shifts, so does top-selling broker
The tale of the two-flat
What the foreclosure crisis looks like in urban neighborhoods with few single-family homes
USPS Mail Carriers Are Also Collecting Crucial Housing Data
Investors slow Chicago-area home purchases
A Closer Look at Business Buyer Activity in Cook County in 2013
Informing the Housing Market Recovery
On the Ground: A Tour of the Humboldt Park Micro Market Recovery Area
Why some homeowners are trapped in low-rate mortgages
Fallout From Refinancing
Cook County home prices show big gains in 4th quarter
If you refinanced your mortgage, you’re probably not going to want to sell your house
The 4 Steps of Rate Lock-Ins, and Why They’re Trouble For Housing
Why Higher Interest Rates Could Depress Housing Turnover
Blackstone-Fueled Single-Family Home Boom Lifts Chicago
What Chicago Neighborhoods Have the Highest – and Lowest – Vacancy Rates?
2013
Finding Affordable Housing in Chicago Lawn: One Renter's Story
Understanding Vacancy: Sequencing a Property's Path Toward Vacancy
Introducing Residential Vacancy Data on the IHS Data Portal
Reckless Abandon
Housing Recovery Continues
Cook County home prices continue recovery
Where Do People Buy Real Estate for Cash in Chicago?
Examining Cash Purchases of Residential Property in Cook County
Solving a Very Different Kind of Housing Crisis
The Difference a Street Makes
Mortgage activity from the third quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2013 in Oak Park, Illinois (left) and in the Austin Community Area of Chicago (right). Sometimes an image makes you stop in your tracks. In the midst of working with some parcel-level data for a report, our Research and Data Analyst saw one of the starker examples of the difference a simple municipal border can make. On the left side of the image above is the Village of Oak Park, a suburb of the City of Chicago that abuts its western border, on the right is the Chicago Community Area of Austin. The blue-colored parcels on both sides represent residential mortgages originated between the third quarter of...
Using Mortgage Data from the IHS Data Portal
Exploring Property Sales Data with the IHS Data Portal
Single Family Rental Homes and Rental Housing Affordability in Cook County
IHS Partners Meet to Discuss Findings from State of Rental Housing Report
Rising rental rates and stagnant salaries widen affordability gap
Affordable housing is meager in suburban Cook County
Addressing Long-Term Vacancy: The Cook County Land Bank Authority
Addressing Long-Term Vacancy: One Policy Approach
Understanding Vacancy: Patterns of Long-Term Vacancy in Cook County
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