Market Leaders: Chicago

2011 Chicago Market Leaders

1. Normandy Builders    17,673,115
2. Galaxie Construction    15,000,000
3. J.C. Restoration    13,917,850

“Our sales and marketing are working well right now and we are poised to expand our market share.  Even though the market is not expanding, we intend to get a larger piece of it.” — Andy Wells, Normandy Builders

Key fact: Existing home sales dropped 26.5 percent in 2010 in the Chicago metro area, 7 percentage points worse than the national average (Illinois Association of Realtors)