Chicago’s luxury market may have done well in 2014 – indeed, according to the RE/MAX Luxury Report on Metro Chicago, sales of homes priced at $1 million or higher in Cook and the collar counties increased by 7 percent

How are home prices looking, as the spring market gears up for action? Home prices in the Chicagoland area continued their slow, steady progress in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Per the Case-Shiller’s analysis,

RE/MAX recently presented a select group of brokers in its northern Illinois real estate network with its Pioneer Club Award, which recognizes those affiliates who have reached their 25th anniversary with RE/MAX. Twenty-five years spent with one brokerage represents a

Where, in the vast wilderness of Chicagoland’s suburbs, are home sales the highest? Last week, we reported that after a disappointing couple of months, home sales in the Chicagoland area jolted back in a major way in March, with

Where, among Chicago’s varied neighborhoods, were home sales the highest? Earlier this week, we reported that home sales in the Chicagoland region jolted back to life in March, putting up some of its best numbers sine 2013. How did that

The following sales associates have been recognized for their exceptional real estate efforts at the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage #HomeRocks awards celebration held on Tuesday, April 14 at Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago. “Every year our independent sales associates

Relatively speaking, our market is not nearly as fast as one might believe. Chicago may have a reputation as a progressive, fast-moving city, but that is not the case for the majority of the metro area’s real estate listings,

This year had been a modest one for real estate in Chicagoland, but March has brought the marketplace back to life. After two disappointing months, the Chicagoland housing market roared back to life in March, with sales in the

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently welcomed Realtor Adam Meredith to their Deerfield office. Meredith is a licensed real estate broker with the North Shore and Barrington association of REALTORS, with nine years of real estate experience. In addition to Meredith’s career as

Peter Thomas Ricci, Chicago Agent magazine’s assistant editor, was interviewed on the latest episode of “Big Money Real Estate,” Ilyce Glink’s program on current trends in residential real estate. Watch the interview below, and hear Peter’s perspective on affordability and

An appraisal report is an essential part of any mortgage transaction as it assesses and assigns the value to a property. While most appraisers are competent professionals with the educational background needed to offer an opinion on a property’s

@properties earned the No. 12 ranking among the nation’s top-producing residential brokerage firms in RISMedia’s 2015 Power Broker Report published this month. @properties had closed annual sales volume of $5.7 billion in 2014 – the highest among independently-owned brokerage

Seventy-three RE/MAX brokers across northern Illinois recently received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award and Hall of Fame career achievement honors respectively. RE/MAX brokers are eligible for four career awards, each marking an important professional milestone while they are affiliated

Most people look at a home purchase as an investment – probably the biggest of their lifetime – and it’s an appropriate perspective. But for condo buyers, it’s not like a single-family home, where the purchaser is taking on

@properties, the largest independent real estate brokerage firm in Illinois, announced that Heather Gustafson has joined the firm. A top-producing broker with extensive experience in new-construction residential sales and marketing, Gustafson has produced over $200 million in career sales

The Illinois Association of Realtors has sent out a call for action to its members, urging them to oppose a new state bill that, it claims, will increase home seller fees by $75 million per year. “Please contact your