Chicago-area home sales jump 19% in April

The local housing market continued its push into recovery last month, with Chicago-area home sales in April jumping more than 19 percent over last year. In April, 6,814 single-family homes and condominiums sold in the nine-county Chicago area, up 19.3 percent from 5,710 sales in April 2011, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors. The city of Chicago saw a similar gain, with 1,750 homes sold last month, up 19.4 percent from 1,466 sales in April 2011...more