Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), is pleased to announce its newly elected leadership team for 2014. MRED’s Board of Managers annually nominates and elects officers to guide the company through the upcoming year. This

Chicago real estate firm @properties announced that top-producing real estate broker Jeff Matheson has joined the firm as a broker associate in its new Libertyville office. According to data from BrokerMetrics LLC, he has produced more than $17 million in sales

New Standards Will Make It More Difficult for Craigslist Ads to Stand Out Standards are about to change for those who post listings for rentals and homes on Craigslist. According to The BiggerPockets Blog, Craigslist has discontinued its use

Mortgage Services Ill (MSI), LLC announced that Reneí Shaffer has been promoted to the role of executive vice president. With more than 27 years of experience in the financial industry, Shaffer will continue her operations role for the lender’s

Real estate professional Kevin Van Eck received a nice gift before the holiday season even started: @properties promoted him to vice president of training and brokerage services at its River North office. Van Eck worked as the firm’s director

Mortgage Services Ill, LLC (MSI) announced that current Chief Operating Officer, Bob Swords, has been promoted and assumed the title of President in addition to his role as COO, on October 1. Mark Young remains the Chief Executive Officer.

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), announced today that the new interactive market analytics tool Infosparks has gotten a tremendous reception from MRED customers. Infosparks is the latest version of The Thing, the extremely popular

The Laramar Group, a national real estate investment and management company, announced its acquisition of the Highcrest Townhomes in Woodridge. The transaction for the 10-building property, which features two-story buildings and a total of 176 units, closed on Oct.

Baird & Warner has signed an agreement with DocuSign to become the first major real estate services company to provide all of its broker associates with “pro” level digital transaction management by the end of the year. The new tool

Thank you to everyone who came to our Agents’ Choice Awards party last night, and congratulations again to all our nominees and winners! We’ve listed them below so you can keep congratulating your peers on their accomplishment.    

After 15 years of being a top-producing broker with Koenig & Strey, Emily Sachs Wong felt it was time for a change. Sachs Wong, who often records in one year more than $100 million in closed residential sales volume, has left

Broker Sandra Szulkowski spends some of her free time on the board of Naperville Newcomers and Neighbors, an organization with a mission to welcome new residents to Naperville and introduce them to their new neighbors. Now, after switching to

Sue Miller serves the real estate industry in many capacities. Miller, currently a managing broker with Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell in McHenry, teaches continuing education and pre-license courses. The Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR) thought it was time for Miller

With most of the homes at 600 N. Lake Shore Drive sold or occupied, the Belgravia Realty Group needed another agent to help with the high demand there and at its other properties. Realtor Julie Busby apparently fits the

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service, reported that the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has ranked America’s 34 largest cities on energy efficiency in five key areas. Chicago’s score resulted in it being ranked

Steve Volkodav joined the North Shore – Barrington Association of Realtors (NSBAR) in 2000 as its director of information systems. Now, more than a decade later, he is the group’s CEO. According to a press release, the NSBAR board