Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), has announced that its Chief Executive Officer Russ Bergeron has been elected to the 2013 Board of Directors of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO). RESO is a group

By Carlo Calma Illinois Hardest Hit, a temporary mortgage payment assistance program, has helped its 5,000th homeowner protect their home from foreclosure, according to an issued press release. Resident James Thomas Henry is the 5,000th homeowner the state assistance

By Peter Ricci Chicago home prices increased 0.7 percent from July to August in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the economic measure from Standard & Poor’s (S&P) that is considered the authority on home prices in the U.S.

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s MLS, has announced that the MLS Data Co-op, from CoreLogic, the provider of the Realist public records platform, has gone live with what will eventually become a major listing content

By Carlo Calma Bungalow-style homes in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, according to a press release issued by the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association (HCBA). The neighborhood has become the 10th

By Carlo Calma At the heels of Ald. Brendan Reilly’s announcement this past week regarding his support of the demolition of the old Prentice Women’s Hospital, comes MacArthur Fellow and architect Jeanne Gang‘s strategy to save the defunct hospital. The

After weeks of voting and hundreds upon hundreds of votes cast, we have our nominees for the 2012 Agents’ Choice Awards. Stay tuned for our Nov. 5 Agents’ Choice issue, where we will announce the

By Carlo Calma The North Shore Chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors (WCR North Shore) celebrated their 40th Anniversary at Lovells of Lake Forest Thursday, Oct. 11. Attendees networked and had a luncheon catered by Chef James A.

By Natalie Terchek Sandesh Bilgi will be joining Kale Realty as a Managing Broker. The 10-year Chicago real estate veteran will manage their new office and training facility, located at 2447 N. Ashland Ave. Bilgi played a role in

By Peter Ricci Donald Battaglia, the attorney representing Coldwell Banker agent and Chicago Association of Realtors (CAR) member Andrea Geller, has filed a motion to dismiss CAR’s defamation lawsuit, which it filed against Geller for allegedly defamatory statements she made on both Chicago

By Carlo Calma Chicago Lakeside Development has won the inaugural Sustainia Community Award for “Best Sustainable Solution” during a ceremony at Royal Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark Oct. 11, as announced in a company press release. The decision was made

Thirty-two agents in the Chicago metropolitan area were featured in the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals’ (NAHREP) first ever ranking of the top Latino real estate agents in the United States. For its list, which ranks the nation’s

By Natalie Terchek Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed to lengthen the Chicago riverwalk by six blocks. According to Curbed, the new extension would run from State to under Lake Streets along the south branch of the Chicago

By Carlo Calma Realtor Michael Oldenettel, managing broker of RE/MAX Results Plus, Inc., and Jim Kinney, vice president of Luxury Home Sales for Baird & Warner, has been installed as the 2013 president and treasurer, respectively, for the Illinois

Imagine finding your dream home – then finding out that the home was used as a meth lab by its previous owners. No, this isn’t an idea for Breaking Bad to live on after its series finale in 2013;

What was previously thought of as prime real estate for mainly empty-nesters or buyers looking for a second home in the city might be changing – the latest Census Bureau report found that the number of people living in