@properties, Chicagoland’s largest independent real estate brokerage, has hired Rebecca Thomson as vice president of agent development. Thomson, 29, comes to @properties from Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty, where she was a senior associate. With eight years of experience in residential

There are many uncertainties in the world, but here’s one thing we know for sure – progress has been made on the foreclosure front. Foreclosure inventory in the Chicagoland housing market plummeted 41 percent year-over-year in February, according to the

Our local market has made quite a bit of progress since 2011, but it still hasn’t reached the promised land. Housing bubble talk has grown strangely common the last few months, what with home prices nationally posting double-digit increases

Dream Town Realty has recently launched the first U.S broker division that tailors to consumers who identify themselves as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The division – launched last Friday – is designed to provide

Mortgage Master, one of the country’s largest privately-owned mortgage companies, is expanding its presence in the Midwest with the opening of a new retail branch office in Northbrook. This will be Mortgage Master’s fourth retail office in the Greater

In the last four years, the U.S. apartment vacancy rate has been cut in half; what’s happened at the local level? Reis, Inc. released its latest report on the nation’s rental markets yesterday, and it featured a stunning statistic:

Carrington Real Estate Services has announced that it will be expanding its national coverage with the addition of an office in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The new branch, led by Local Office Leader Paul Ambrogio, will focus on growing business

Published by the Cognella Academic Publishing company in San Diego, California, The Art of Space by Mary Cook outlines a theory of seven fundamentals of interior design that help implement a success of designing harmonious and impactful spaces. “My

As the largest residential brokerage firm in the city of Chicago and the largest independent real estate firm in Illinois, @properties makes it’s first major move into Chicago’s western suburbs and opens an office in Elmhurst. @Properties co-founders Michael

Bringing more than 20 years of Chicagoland real estate experience, real estate veteran Tripti Kasal has been named director of sales development at Baird & Warner. Kasal will now focus on training and mentoring broker associates, and also lead

The Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe) has created a new Conflict Resolution program that is helping Chicago suburban realtors and homeowners settle issues in a quicker and more efficient way. The program, which launched last month, provides education and resources

Home prices continued their ascent in February, according to the latest index from CoreLogic. Home prices in the Chicagoland area increased 11.8 percent year-over-year in February, according to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic. Though encouraging, that yearly

@properties, the Chicago area’s largest independent real estate brokerage, has announced the launch of its new company website. The completely redesigned site features a brand new look and integrates everything from in-depth neighborhood information and local market trends to

$1 million is a great deal of money…or is it? How much does $1 million really buy you in today’s real estate markets? How much housing does $1 million really buy you? That was the question behind a recent

Housing inventory has been a most blue of topics for our local market, but have things finally turned around? We keep hearing reports that the nation’s housing inventory has turned the corner, but how true is that in our

Edward R. James Companies, a Glenview-based developer and homebuilder, has announced that the company received unanimous approval from the Village of Glenview’s Board of Directors for Westgate at The Glen, a new 29-acre residential community. Westgate at The Glen