Deal flow has picked up since the first quarter, Yardi Matrix says, and points out that the drop in the 10-year U.S. Treasury rate to just over 2% could boost sales.

History has proven time and again that government controls in the multifamily sector leads to the decline of neighborhoods.

In the Second Annual Chicago Mid-Year CRE Sentiment Report produced by The Real Estate Center at DePaul University, approximately 52% of participants—down sharply from 69.8% a year ago—characterize the Chicago real estate market for the first half of 2019 as consistently strong.