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Ryan Hill Realty’s Teresa Ryan Named One of America’s Top Real Estate Professionals

Broker/Owner of Ryan Hill Realty, Teresa Ryan, was named one of America’s top real estate professionals by REAL Trends and The Wall Street Journal. Ryan is ranked in the top one half of 1 percent of more than 963,000

Conlon Real Estate Teams Up With Christie’s to Improve Their Branding

Conlon Real Estate will be the only Christie’s affiliate in Chicago, creating international exposure for the company Sean Conlon, owner of Conlon Real Estate, is teaming up with Christie’s International Real Estate, a branch of the historic London auction

Builders Aim to Reduce an Overabundance of Home Lots

The Chicagoland area is rebounding in the residential market and builders are changing the way they acquire lots. We have begun to seen the housing market make its comeback, but just how far along is it? Metrostudy, a Houston-based firm

RealtyTrac: Foreclosures at Lowest Level Since 2005

Foreclosure starts were down by a hefty amount in June, according to the Midyear 2013 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report from RealtyTrac. Foreclosures in the U.S. were down to their lowest level since 2005 in June, falling 21 percent from

Apartment Vacancy Rate Remains Unchanged, But Promise Lies Ahead

Reis analysis on apartment vacancy and rental rates show small potential in the second quarter In April, we read the first quarter 2013 analysis from Reis and learned the apartment vacancy rate was at the lowest point in a

How Rising Mortgage Rates are Affecting Prospective Homebuyers

Mortgage rates are at their highest levels in years, but how are they impacting the decisions of potential homebuyers? A new Trulia survey explains. Well, it was fun while it lasted! After falling for a sustained, seemingly endless length

CoreLogic: Foreclosure Inventory Down 29 Percent in May

CoreLogic’s National Foreclosure Report for May offered another dose of positivity for housing, with foreclosure inventory down by nearly a third. The U.S. foreclosure markets continued to improve in May, according to the latest National Foreclosure Report from CoreLogic.

70 Percent of U.S. Metros Featured on NAHB’s Improving Markets Index

More than 70 percent of metro areas in the U.S. are now a proud part of the NAHB’s Improving Markets Index, according to the association’s latest tally. A total of 255 metropolitan areas were featured in the July Improving

Kale Realty Celebrates 200th Agent

Kale Realty, which specializes in both residential and commercial sales, leasing and property management, announced that it has hired its 200th agent. In addition, this is the company’s 62nd year serving Chicago. The company is also known as the

MRED CEO at the Center of Listings Distribution Debate

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), has announced that its CEO, Russ Bergeron, will be featured as a panel member at the 2013 Inman Real Estate Connect Conference in San Francisco. MRED has also been

@properties Co-Founders Michael Golden and Thaddeus Wong Win Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 Award in the Midwest

Michael Golden and Thaddeus Wong, co-founders of Chicago real estate firm @properties, were named winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award in the Midwest, in the Services category. The awards were presented at a

Move’s FIND Application Goes Live For MRED

Chicago’s MRED MLS members now have access to more robust listings data with Move’s FIND application. Move’s FIND Application, a tool that allows MLSs to provide members with quick and easy access to Multiple Listing Services data, is now

Real Estate Broker Chases Down Mugger July 4th

While most people were watching the fireworks on the Fourth of July, real estate broker Gary Dailey was stopping a robbery. Dailey was walking near Oak Street Beach to meet up with his girlfriend, when he came across a large

What are the Busiest Housing Markets in the U.S.?

Redfin’s Real-Time Fastest Markets Report offers an interesting glimpse at what housing markets are seeing the most activity. Is Chicago among them? Housing demand lessened somewhat nationwide in May, according to the latest Real-Time Fastest Markets Report from Redfin,

Trulia: Chicago Asking Prices Bounced Back in Major Way in June

After finally bottoming, asking prices in Chicagoland are on a seriously promising trajectory, according to the latest Trulia Price Monitor. Asking prices in Chicagoland bounced back in a major way in June, increasing 8.4 percent year-over-year and 5.4 percent

Highest Sale in Chicago So Far in 2013: Winnetka Mansion Sells for $12.7 Million

A seven-bedroom French provincial home on Sheridan Road  in Winnetka sold for $12.7 million last month, the highest-priced home sale in Chicago so far this year. The 15,000-square-foot lakefront home was built in 2010, and has 137 feet of

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