Article by Mainstreet Organization of Realtors Assistance and emotional support animals have been making headlines recently — from controversy around airlines’ policies to questions of whether kangaroos qualify as service animals (they don’t). It can be confusing to know

Baird & Warner, the nation’s first and Illinois’ largest family-owned real estate services company, became one of Chicago’s only industry voices in support of opening up housing opportunities for all. In the early 1960s, John Baird, father of the

Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, and which ones are considered “hot” can change like the Chicago weather. Because some of the city’s most well-known neighborhoods (Lincoln Park, Wicker Park) are nearly maxed out on room and price, there’s

When laypeople discuss the Chicago housing market, they mostly take a thousand-foot view of the issue and discuss the market as a whole. Studies and data sets mostly look at the metropolitan statistical area, which includes Chicago to Joliet

While the definition of luxury homes varies depending on the market, the process for obtaining a jumbo mortgage loan in Illinois — a loan over $453,100 — is similar across the board and more attainable than borrowers might think.

The luxury housing market may attract agents who see the opportunity to sell beautiful homes and work with a sophisticated clientele while earning high-dollar commissions. But breaking into this specialty market takes hard work and research, along with the

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) named Chicagoland industry veteran Chris Haran its chief technology officer earlier this month. Following more than a decade with Coldwell Banker, Haran left the role of vice president of field operations to pursue an

In real estate, adaptability and constant innovation are fundamental to success, and few brokerages serve as a better case study for the value of an in-house programming team than @properties. Founded in 2000, the locally owned and operated company

It wasn’t too long ago that the latest trends in real estate technology were virtual reality tours and drone photography. Now, agents are having to explore what were once far-out concepts, like artificial intelligence, machine learning, geofencing and blockchain.

Chicago Agent’s readership consists of a variety of real estate professionals: agents, managing brokers, lenders, developers and more. You all have one thing in common: a commitment to providing quality services and excellent client experience. In the annual Truth

Note: The other two main areas in which agents would like more training: social media, and education on transitioning into a management