Ashley McHugh

National

Stimulus gives brokers lifeline, but may not be enough for deluge of unemployed

By Rich Bockmann | Research By Ashley McHugh | March 31, 2020 12:00PM

Real estate brokers are generally in the eat-what-you-kill business, working as independent contractors whose main source of income is...

Stimulus gives brokers lifeline, but may not be enough for deluge of unemployed

Virus outbreak has cost Airbnb tens of millions of dollars so far

By Rich Bockmann | Research By Ashley McHugh | March 14, 2020 08:00AM

Airbnb has lost tens of millions of dollars in booking revenues over the past several weeks in key cities...

Virus outbreak has cost Airbnb tens of millions of dollars so far

National

Here’s why Zillow is getting brokerage licenses

By E.B. Solomont | Research By Ashley McHugh | February 04, 2020 10:00AM

For years, Zillow Group insisted it didn’t want to replace brokers or usurp their clients. But its quest to...

Here’s why Zillow is getting brokerage licenses

Archive

The construction giants catching a Windy City windfall

By Joe Ward and Alex Nitkin | Research By Ashley McHugh and Haru Coryne | November 28, 2019 02:00PM

Two of Chicago’s leading developers and contractors teamed up in late April to break ground on one of the...

The construction giants catching a Windy City windfall

Here are the priciest resi listings in Chicago from last week

By Kelsey Neubauer | Research By Ashley McHugh | October 07, 2019 02:00PM

It was a busy week for the Near North Side, with four out of the top five resi listings...

Here are the priciest resi listings in Chicago from last week

New York

Revealed: Corcoran’s “hacked” files

By E.B. Solomont and Erin Hudson | Research By Ashley McHugh | October 02, 2019 11:00AM

One third of the Corcoran Group’s gross commissions last year came from just 37 of its 1,239 brokers. The New York firm gave at least one top agent a $120,000 marketing budget. And, besieged...

Revealed: Corcoran’s “hacked” files

Here are the priciest Chicago listings from last week

By Sarah Paynter | Research By Ashley McHugh | September 09, 2019 02:00PM

The Near North Side offered all five of last week’s most expensive Chicago listings, totalling $33.2 million. Topping the...

Here are the priciest Chicago listings from last week

Here are the priciest Chicago residential sales from last week

By Sarah Paynter | Research By Ashley McHugh | September 04, 2019 04:00PM

North Wabash Avenue is having a moment. Renelle on the River sold two spankin’ new condos on its 15th...

Here are the priciest Chicago residential sales from last week

Here are the priciest Chicago listings from last week

By Sarah Paynter | Research By Ashley McHugh | September 03, 2019 04:00PM

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ Mario Greco had a busy week before Labor Day, claiming the top three listings to appear...

Here are the priciest Chicago listings from last week

These are the top multifamily general contractors in Chicago

By Joe Ward | Research By Ashley McHugh and Haru Coryne | August 28, 2019 11:00AM

Developers aren’t the only ones who’ve cashed in on the ever-increasing demand for Downtown rental units. The explosion of...

These are the top multifamily general contractors in Chicago