Midwest Real Estate Data’s (MRED) new President/Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Jensen has certainly hit the ground running. While she focused on getting to know MRED, its staff and existing culture initially, Jensen has already made great stride as MRED’s leader. For example, in her

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage will be holding a grand opening event, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, to unveil its new Northbrook office at 1925 Cherry Lane. The event will bring together agents, managers and influential

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently welcomed 10-year real estate veteran Realtor Sandy Workman to their Bradley office. Workman has the BBA, GRI, CNE, e-PRO, CNHS, RCC, and SFR designations and is an expert in buying and selling residential and

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently announced Realtor Carolyn Barnes is now affiliated with the brokerage’s Hyde Park office. A 20-year real estate veteran, Barnes chose to affiliate with Coldwell Banker is their technology, reputation and the Hyde Park office

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently named Christopher Stephens the managing broker of the Coldwell Banker Evanston office. Stephens entered the real estate industry nearly 10 years ago, and has since continuously ranked in the top 5 percent of producers in

You may think you understand housing affordability, but chances are you’re relying on limited measurements. How affordable is Chicagoland’s housing market? The answer to that question is more complicated than meets the eye, and it suggests some very interesting

What suburban markets in Chicagoland are seeing the greatest level of competition? Last week, we reported on the top-selling suburbs in Chicagoland, and how the Aurora, Naperville and Joliet markets were once again at the top. Those three communities, though, have

A new report from CoreLogic highlights improvements to the nation’s share of all cash sales. Unfortunately, it’s still high. It’s a new housing market in 2015. Policies are shifting, new legislation is being written, and in an eddying whirl

According to a new report from Site Selection, a corporate real estate magazine, businesses love Chicago. The magazine claims, in 2014, 385 companies either expanded their operations in or relocated to the Chicagoland area. This number earned Chicago the

Guaranteed Rate, one of the ten largest retail mortgage lenders in the U.S., recently introduced a new weekly video podcast called the “Mojo Minute.” The new video podcasts, designed to help real estate agents increase productivity, be more profitable

The nation is healing, and as a result foreclosure inventories are thinning out across the nation. How did our city do? Foreclosure numbers responded positively to a healing economy in January, dropping significantly, CoreLogic’s National Foreclosure Report revealed. Total

It’s over. The Chicago Association of Realtors, Ginger Downs (the CEO of CAR) and agent Andrea Geller announced last night that on the eve of the trial date, the association’s defamation lawsuit against Geller in September 2012 has been discontinued. In a

The City of Chicago and Elevate Energy are partnering with Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), to bring the city the first-ever Chicago Energy eCompliance Brokerage Challenge. The Challenge will recognize brokerages in Chicago that

Zillow compares employment and income growth to determine the best markets to be in right now. How did our city do? The nuances discerning a good economy from a bad one are plenty and complicated, but for a brief

Metrostudy’s Q4 2014 survey of the 12-county Chicagoland region shows that including single-family detached homes, townhomes and duplex units, there were a total of 5,708 new units started in the 12-month period ending with Q4 2014, an increase of

Where, in our vast urban housing landscape, did agents sell the most homes? Earlier this week, we reported on the top-selling suburbs across Chicagoland, and now we’re back (armed with additional data from Redfin) to report on the city’s