Related Realty announced that real estate veteran Jeanine McShea has joined the firm as vice president-managing broker. McShea comes to Related Realty with over 25 years of experience holding top leadership roles at some of the largest residential brokerage

Appointed as the new sales support manager at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Lakeview office, Christopher Stephens will assist and mentor agents to help them build their businesses. He will also work one-on-one with agents to teach them about the

March was a very good month for price per square foot in our housing market, according to Movoto. Those signs of a housing recovery just became a bit brighter. According to the latest State of the Real Estate Market

From home-price trends to the latest home sale numbers, we’re dishing the straight facts on Chicagoland’s housing market. The Illinois Association of Realtors unleashed its latest market analysis this morning, covering numbers in Chicagoland’s housing market through March. Here

We’ve been hearing for some time that rents are increasing, but new numbers from Zillow present the issue in a new light. Rising rents, like falling home prices, have been one of the prevailing narratives of the post-bubble housing

As more new developments continue to appear in downtown Chicago, construction in North Side neighborhoods such as Lincoln Park and Lakeview remains low. With little new construction to compete with, North Side landlords have the ability to raise rent

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has announced that realtor Mimi Napleton Collins is now affiliated with their Halsted office. Collins brings over eight years of experience to Coldwell Banker and joins her son as part of the Conor Scanlon Real

After attending the final hearing of Chicago’s report on their “Accepting the Challenge: Five Year Affordable Housing Plan, 2009 – 2013,” the Chicago Association of REALTORS continue to advocate affordable housing despite rising concerns. From the production of affordable

Deductions are a big part of homeownership; how common are they here in our local marketplace? If you know homeownership, you know the mortgage interest tax deduction, the great grandmaster of tax deductions in the U.S. Indeed, homeownership and

Named the new marketing director of the city region for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, marketing veteran Mark Pullinger is to now oversee marketing operations of six branch offices and 700 real estate agents. “We are excited to have Mark

Guaranteed Rate have announced the launched and debut of its first national television campaign. Featuring home improvement expert Ty Pennington, the advertisements have started to air on TBS, NBA, BBC America, Fox Business News, Destination America and Velocity since

When technology evolves, it becomes a process of making anything and everything convenient. So like everything else it’s the same for brokerages – when they update, it’s always a process to make home buying convenient, accessible any time and

Known as one of the largest privately owned mortgage companies in the country and a super regional mortgage bank, Mortgage Master announces it’s expansion of it’s Midwest production infrastructure and brand with the opening of it’s newest retail branch

It’s been a verifiable roller coaster ride the last couple years when it comes to housing inventory, but are we finally out of the woods? Housing inventory in the Chicago housing market fell just 1.0 percent year-over-year in March,

In the age of new urbanism, where does our metro area rank in terms of density and sprawl? “Density” and “sprawl” have become big buzzwords in housing the last couple of years, and for good reason. With gas prices,

Chicago was recently ranked No. 5 on HomeFinder.com’s list of the top 10 U.S. cities with the most upcoming open houses. With the average cost of an open house listing at $449,900, the Windy City has 95 upcoming open