Learn how much agents earned in 2013, and how it compares with years past.       Click on the bottom two images for a larger size!

Learn about key trends in Chicagoland real estate, including how often listing prices were changed in the past 12 months.                         Click on this image for its full

What marketing activities do Chicagoland agents use the most for their business? Find out here, along with what their companies cover.       Click on the bottom two images to see their full size        

Learn about how many designations agents have, and whether they take any courses to improve their business.    

Learn about how many agents have renegotiated splits in the last 12 months, and if anyone has negotiated commissions with clients.          

What skill sets do top producers have that differentiates them from the rest? They do more than just sell homes and help buyers become homeowners – they continually cultivate new clients, build their brand, keep their marketing fresh, invest

1. Doing it all yourself Agents who don’t have any type of support (team members, assistants, colleagues or coaches) will ultimately struggle. Top producers recognize early on that they simply couldn’t do it all alone. If you’re feeling roughed

Didn’t reach your targeted sales volume this year? Here’s how you can be sure to attain it next year: don’t focus on it. Instead, focus on developing a system that can yield such results. Rather than thinking, “I have

Congratulations to Realtor Mario Greco of Prudential Rubloff for earning the No. 1 spot among all Chicagoland agents! Check out his impressive stats:   How many hours a week do you work? 80. How long is your typical workday? Roughly 6

On a daily basis, real estate industry professionals are inundated with the “latest” technology, which may or may not actually be useful and necessary for their business. For example, several companies have begun offering tools to improve a website’s

How easy is your brokerage’s website to use? Chicago Agent magazine looked at a number of common Web features, and how they are reflected in different brokerage websites. Click on the image below to see how the sites stack

In our analysis of both local and national brokerage websites, we used two primary sources: Alexa.com, a site that provides Web traffic data; and Hubspot.com is a website that has a tool called a Marketing Grader, which analyzes a range of online marketing

The 10 largest real estate listing sites capture nearly half of all non-mobile Web traffic in a consumer’s online home search, according to data compiled by Experian Marketing Services (formerly Experian Hitwise). The metrics below show the percentage of

During the housing boom, loans were easy to come by. After the housing bubble burst, the reaction was extremely opposite from banks: tighten all guidelines. Now, although the market has improved, it can still be a challenge for buyers

After years of speculation, it finally happened – on Dec. 10, 2013, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulatory agency that oversees government housing behemoths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, finally had an official director. Indeed, it was