Christine Davis has been named Baird & Warner’s director of career services, working with broker associates across Chicagoland to advance their careers within the brokerage. A top producing agent for 17 years, Davis has spent the last eight years

The second quarter was a highly positive period for Chicagoland homebuilders, with both suburban and city markets posting big increases. The spring homebuying season is typically the busiest time of the year for homebuilders and real estate agents alike,

The nation’s mortgage markets continued to improve in 2013’s second quarter, with the MBA’s report being one of its most positive. The mortgage markets improved in several notable ways in the second quarter, according to the latest National Delinquency

Is Chicago among the busiest housing markets in the U.S.? A new report from Redfin shows how the Windy City stacks up to the competition. What are the busiest housing markets in the U.S.? That question was at the

June was yet another banner month for home prices in CoreLogic’s Home Price Index, but could home price gains be slowing down? Home prices continued their sterling performance in June, rising 11.9 percent year-over-year in the latest Home Price

Fire sprinklers could soon be required for all new construction residential developments in Illinois, if a proposal by the state’s Fire Marshal is adopted. After considerable anticipation, the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal has proposed that the

Asking prices in Chicago were up 11.3 percent in July, though that activity came amidst a slowing housing market. Asking prices in July were up 11.3 percent year-over-year in Chicago in the latest Trulia Price Monitor, a leading measure

Recently Western Springs sold its most expensive publicly-traded home ever, according to a recent article by Chicago magazine. The 17-room home sold for 2.6 millions dollars, far ahead of the previous record holder, which sold for 2.1 million in

MRED has raised its fine for agents who do not enter their listings into the MLS within 72 hours, pending an exemption from the seller. Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s MLS, has raised its fine for not entering

Wintrust Financial Corp. agreed to buy the parent of Diamond Bancorp Inc., which has branches in Chicago, Schaumburg, Elmhurst and Northbrook. According to The Chicago Tribune, Schuamburg-based Diamond Bank, which has around $165 million in assets, was losing money as of

The nation’s foreclosure markets continued to improve in June, according to the latest report from CoreLogic. CoreLogic’s National Foreclosure Report for June brought further good news to the housing recovery, with foreclosure inventory and completed foreclosures both showing encouraging

Prudential Rubloff brokers were among the REAL Trends inaugural ranking of the Best Real Estate Agents in America. Others who made it to the list were agents from Coldwell Banker and RE/MAX. The study ranks the most productive agents

Midwest Real Estate Data LLC (MRED) announced today that it has executed an agreement with Realtors Property Resource, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Association of Realtors to integrate MRED’s licensed MLS data with RPR’s national property database and

Chicagoland’s housing recovery has been picking up steam in recent months, but some markets have been performing better than others. What are the busiest housing markets in the city and suburban markets of the Chicagoland area? To answer that

The May Case-Shiller was the best news yet for Chicago’s housing market, with home prices in the city putting up some of the best numbers in the nation. May’s Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report from Standard & Poor’s offered

Related Midwest is buying up big patches of Streeterville, according to a recent article by Crain’s Chicago Business. The company recently bought the defaulted loan on the failed Chicago Spire Project at the end of June, and its new 500-unit apartment