Though the housing market is at a better place than in recent years, foreclosed properties sill abound, and not all agents know how to deal with them. So when Realtor Eve Benton, who specializes in REO inventory, was looking

The Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association (IMBA) held its annual Best in the Business Awards Sept. 26 at the Hyatt Lodge in Oak Brook. More than 250 attendees celebrated the night’s 13 award winners, one of whom was BMO Harris

  Coldwell Banker is pleased to announce that two of their agents will be holding new positions this year. Realtor Karen Renella will now be associated with the Evanston-Central office. And broker Jamie Roth of the Highland Park office has been elected

Michael Pierson and Chris Eigel, principal partners of Prudential Rubloff Properties, are pleased to announce that 29 of their sales professionals received the 2013 Chicago Five Star Real Estate Agent award. Five Star Professional provides independent client satisfaction research

Globalization and demographic trends are likely to drive even more dramatic changes to the industry in the coming years, according to one controversial industry expert. And she thinks servicing executives should be the ones leading the charge to transform

Voting is now closed for our 2014 Agents’ Choice Awards – thanks for all your votes! We’ll announce the three finalists on Monday, Oct. 6. And of course, stay tuned for our Oct. 20 issue, which will announce the

A move to Chicago for April Frazer sparked a new career. According to a recent press release, Koenig & Strey hired Frazer as a broker associate at its Gold Coast office. Frazer, previously a cardiac nurse working in Iowa

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently announced that Realtor Laurie Riggs will be joining their La Grange office. “Laurie is a thorough Realtor who uses every available resource to get the job done,” said Tricia Riberto, manager of the La

EXIT Strategy Realty welcomes real estate veteran Dona Crane to its Chicago office as a broker associate/Realtor. Crane previously worked as the team leader and managing broker of Keller Williams’ Hyde Park office. She then moved to the River North

Beginning in 2009, @properties ventured north, establishing offices in Evanston, Winnetka and Highland Park. To further assist its push into the north and northwest suburbs, the firm recently named broker Lisa Cokefair vice president of brokerage services. Cokefair, previously

As the housing sector finally catches a break and begins showing steady signs of improvement, the industry is admittedly sensitive to any negative signs, prepared for the slow but blossoming recovery to end with no warning and for the

Before establishing themselves in real estate, industry professionals Bridgett Fitzgerald and Todd Shissler each managed careers involving sales and customer care. It’s largely due to that experience that they now are the newest broker associates at Koenig and Strey’s

Baird & Warner has surpassed $3.5 billion in sales as of July 2013, a level of business the residential brokerage hasn’t seen since 2007. Baird & Warner also announced that the company has closed nearly 14,000 transactions and taken

With more than two decades of industry experience, broker Michael Parent will serve as the 2014 president of the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe), according to a recent press release. Parent, who is a broker with Coldwell Banker and is Burnet

Neena Vlamis, president and co-owner of A & N Mortgage Services, Inc., was ranked in Scotsman Guide magazine as one of the Top 200 Mortgage Originators nationally and one of the Top Three Woman Originators in Illinois. Scotsman’s Guide received

Many people wouldn’t dare start a company in the midst of a recession, but the aggressive decision to do so by Robert J. Buford, founder of Planned Realty Group, has paid off. Now, three decades after launching PRG, his