Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin chats with host Amy Guth about local housing news, including how Chicago-area home prices have been steadier than those in most major U.S. cities in recent months, but the long-term trend since the dawn of the pandemic has been weaker here than in most other cities.

Plus: BMO hints at broad layoffs as revenue growth lags cost increases, developers push ahead with nearly 300-unit housing project in Skokie, one of Chicago's fastest-growing startups has laid off 10% of its staff and plant-based meat predicted to rebound as it gets cheaper and tastier.