Illinois Is Bigger Than Chicago Alone.

Illinois' largest urban and employment center anchors the state's most complex housing, transit, finance, cultural and professional-services market.

A major northern Illinois center with deep manufacturing roots, established residential neighborhoods, regional health care and a market identity distinct from Chicagoland.

An Illinois River market shaped by health care, manufacturing, professional services, historic neighborhoods and a broad regional employment base.

The state capital and a major Central Illinois employment center, with state government, health care, education, insurance and professional services shaping the local economy.

A major university, research and health-care center anchored by the University of Illinois, with student, faculty, professional and established-neighborhood housing markets.

Rock Island and Moline form the Illinois side of a bi-state metropolitan area shaped by manufacturing, river transportation, logistics and regional employment.

Dense neighborhoods include brick two- and three-flats, cottages, greystones, courtyard apartments, Chicago bungalows, condominiums and major residential towers.

Illinois occupies a major place in American architectural history, including Prairie School design and influential architects whose work shaped residential architecture far beyond the state.

Ranches, split-levels, raised ranches, Cape Cods, traditional two-stories, planned subdivisions and later infill define huge portions of metropolitan housing.

Older residential neighborhoods, industrial-era districts and historic downtowns reflect generations of manufacturing, river commerce and railroad development.

University and government centers mix older residential districts, rental housing, established suburbs and newer peripheral growth.

Farmhouses, historic Main Streets, acreage, small subdivisions and more varied topography create property questions very different from Chicagoland.