Dream Town Realty, the Chicago real estate industry’s leading online company, announced the addition of three agents in October. Lauren Shimmon, Amanda Parker and Riz Gilani all offer home listing and purchasing services in the Chicago

Prairie Shore Properties, a mid-size North Shore and Chicago real estate company, has recently celebrated its annual “Dog Day” event at its dog-friendly North Shore office at 2934 Central St in Evanston. Sheer exuberance was in the air in

RE/MAX affiliates from offices in Chicago, Morris and Plainfield, Ill., recently earned career awards from RE/MAX, the leading international real estate organization and the top residential sales organization in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market. The three agents most

Today, real estate brokerage firm, Baird & Warner, recognizes and salutes one of its own, Marlene Rubenstein of Highland Park, for her longstanding commitment to the National Kidney Foundation. “Marlene’s tireless work and contributions to this important cause are

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has appointed real estate veteran and sales expert Steven Sims as Business Coach Training Specialist for the Evanston offices as part of a new continued education program, adding to the many resources local agents utilize

Dream Town Realty announced the addition of nine agents in September. Among the recruits are Brenda Lipscher, Kieran Fahy, Eileen Meg Kravitz and Beth Uhen. All four agents offer home listing and purchasing services in the Chicago

In Chicago Agent’s newly released Chicagoland’s Best Offices 2010 issue, a survey of the magazine’s readers reveals that there are a number of reasons that agents choose one office over

Koenig & Strey Real Living has announced the opening of their Deerfield Road location in downtown Deerfield. Doug Ayers, President and CEO of Koenig & Strey made the announcement. “Our presence in Deerfield is tremendously important to Koenig &

This holiday season, national home builder Toll Brothers is proud to offer convenient Toys for Tots donation centers at all of the company’s Chicagoland new home communities. The public is invited to drop off unwrapped toys and enjoy a

Michael Pierson and Chris Eigel, principals of Prudential Rubloff, are pleased to announce the appointment of Wayne Kouf as Managing Broker of the firm’s South Loop office. The office is located at 80 West Harrison Street in

Industry-leading online real estate company, Dream Town Realty, announced the addition of several new REALTORS over the summer. Among the August recruits are Mike Ryan, Shannon Harrigan, Karen Gilbert, Val Petkov and Neeti Arndt. All five agents offer home

Housing affordability remained near its highest level nationwide for the seventh consecutive quarter as interest rates dipped below 5 percent for the first time since the series was first compiled nearly two decades ago, according to the National Association

A new survey from CareerBuilder discovered that the type of pet you own says a lot about you – and your job. On the whole, those in the real estate profession tend to be cat owners. The survey looked

The affordability of a classic single-family home has improved by 66 percent in the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market over the last five years, according to a review by RE/MAX employing the traditional measure of home affordability developed

Fully half of metropolitan areas tracked in the third quarter continued to show modest home price increases from a year ago, despite a sharp decline in home sales after the deadline for the home buyer tax credit, according to

The Council of Residential Specialists inducted its 2011 leadership team during its inaugural dinner and awards ceremony on Nov. 6, 2010, in New Orleans during the National Association of Realtors Conference & Expo. Frank Serio, CRS, CRS, CRB, Mark