Guaranteed Rate announced that iconic 1970s superstars, the Village People, have signed on to make the mortgage company’s third annual Disco Dash even more funkadelic by bringing down the house as the headliners of the 5K/10K race. Whether you’re

Michael Pierson and Chris Eigel, principals of the prestigious Chicago-area real estate firm Prudential Rubloff Properties, have appointed Ben Gerstman to the position of managing broker of the firm’s Northbrook office located at 1143 Church Street. “Ben is celebrating

Related’s acquisition of debt increases the likelihood of future projects on the Chicago Spire site Related of New York has agreed to buy the discounted debt on the stalled Chicago Spire condominium property, which was supposed to be North

No industry was more affected by the housing slump than construction, but 10 markets in the U.S. have robust construction markets; is Chicago one of them? Though nearly every industry in the U.S. was impacted by the economic downturn,

Magellan Development’s Coast Tower, a 51-story residential building located in Chicago’s New East Side at 345 E. Wacker Drive, reached 50 percent occupancy, topping the leasing rate of all previous buildings in the 28-acre community adjacent to Millennium Park.

Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Indices put up smashing numbers in April, and here in Chicago, the situation was similarly promising. Chicago home prices rose 2.7 percent from March to April in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

According to Best Rate Home Loans, many metro areas, including Chicago, Miami and Boston, are outweighing the national market in their offerings of discounts on foreclosed homes. This comes at a time when the economy and housing market are returning

International homebuyers represent a huge opportunity for real estate agents today, though some cities appeal to foreigners more than others. It’s no mystery that foreign homebuyers make up a hefty chunk of business for many real estate professionals today.

MREDpalooza was a super-success! That was the consensus of the attendees, sponsors and exhibitors as told to the staff of Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), host of the event. MREDpalooza, which took place on

May was a very strong month of real estate for the city of Chicago, with both home sales and home prices posting great gains. Home sales in the nine-county Chicago Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area rose 29.3 percent in May year-over-year

Housing inventory seems to be picking up on the national stage, but what about specific metro areas, like our beloved Chicago? The nation’s housing inventory has been one of the most hotly followed aspects of the housing market in

It’s a classic case of supply and demand: demand for homes, on account of record low interest rates, is extremely high, while housing inventory, on account of skittish sellers and underwater mortgages, remains low. The result? According to the

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is preparing for MREDPalooza, one of the largest MLS tech expos in the country, to come to the Chicagoland area on Tuesday, June 18. The event was created for MRED customers to learn about

REAL Trends Inc., recently released its annual REAL Trends 500, a list of the 500 largest and most productive real estate brokerages in the United States. Several of Midwest Real Estate Data’s (MRED) member companies were cited as being

The negative equity situation continued to improve by wide margins in the U.S. housing market, according to CoreLogic’s latest research. The U.S. housing market’s equity situation continued to improve in 2013’s first quarter, with roughly 850,000 homes returning to

Superman is back and ready for action. In honor of Man of Steel, which opens tonight at midnight and has already broken records internationally, we thought we would show Movoto’s infographic on just how much cash one would be