Zillow joined the fray of optimism that has swept over real estate analysis the past few weeks with its latest Real Estate Market Report, stating that not only did housing values bottom in February of this year, but they

Zeke Morris has begun his presidency of the Chicago Association of Realtors (CAR) a couple months early, replacing former president Bob Floss with the support of the association’s board of directors. Morris, the operating principal and managing broker for

By Peter Ricci Chicago mortgage company Guaranteed Rate has filed a lawsuit against developer Warren Barr for a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud. The lawsuit, according to a Crain’s report, alleges that in late 2007, Barr and others responsible for

By Stephanie Sims Since The Dark Knight Rises opened Friday in theaters, we thought this infographic from Movoto about how much Batman’s home would be worth in today’s market was

Co-founders of Chicago-based real estate firm @properties Thaddeus Wong and Michael Golden have announced the addition of their new office in Highland Park in an issued press release. The new office, located at 607 Central Avenue, will serve Highland

By Peter Ricci June was a great month in real estate for the nine-county Chicago Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area, with sales rising 22.4 percent year-over-year and median price increasing 1.7 percent, the second month in a row for positive prices

Existing-home sale price for all housing types rose 7.9 percent year-over-year in June in the National Association of Realtors’ latest housing report. It’s the fourth straight month of yearly price increases, a streak that has not occurred since 2006.

By Stephanie Sims If it’s in a highly ranked school district or near top-notch public schools, your clients have just added about $1 million to their home’s value. Private schools are expensive, and in today’s times, people would rather

By Stephanie Sims How fast agents sell homes depends on a number of things – location, condition of the property, foreclosure/short sale status and the state of the market. But a hugely important indicator is how many days a

By Stephanie Sims With zombies trending lately, in pop culture and several times in the news, scarily enough, perhaps your clients have wondered aloud whether or not they should buy a property that would defend against any future apocalyptic

By Peter Ricci Chicago is the top buyer’s market in the nation, according to a new study of buyer and seller markets by real estate website Zillow. According to Zillow’s research, listings times in Chicago are longer than the

The RE/MAX Suburban team of Bob Baker, Jim Nelson, Sr. and Jim Nelson, Jr. were recently honored with the Distinguished Service Award for the brokerage’s performance in 2011 by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network. The team, which

By Carlo Calma Fran Broude, president and COO of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, has announced that several of the brokerage’s agents have been named to the 2012 The Wall Street Journal/REAL Trends The Thousand Report, according to an issued

Real estate professionals who were featured in Chicago Agent magazine’s Who’s Who issue celebrated and mingled with colleagues and friends at CA‘s Who’s Who party at BoConcept in Lincoln Park. Specialty Templeton Rye cocktails and appetizers were served while

By Stephanie Sims It seems that agents who work with Appraisal Management Companies (AMCs) and complete Broker Price Opinions (BPOs) are also asked to submit to and pass mandatory criminal background checks, according to our friends at Agent Genius.

By Stephanie Sims There’s a lot of hype surrounding online referral generation, but sometimes, getting back to basics is key. While no one should ignore the benefits of generating referrals online, putting all your efforts in that basket is