By Carlo Calma Batman’s bat signal has made its way from Gotham City to the quiet suburb of Hinsdale, as a home located on 510 Woodland Ave. has his emblem splashed across the bottom of the home’s pool. The

By Peter Ricci The other day, we looked at some of the top condo sales in Chicago real estate so far in 2012, and now, we’re back to analyze the single-family home side of the market. In an analysis

By Peter Ricci According to new reports from RE/MAX, homes sales in the seven-county Chicago real estate market increased 29 percent in July year-over-year. In addition, and perhaps even more optimistically, for homes sold in July 2012, the average

By Peter Ricci 2012 has been a great year for Chicago real estate, with its Case-Shiller home price, year-over-year sales data, and now, condo sales, posting their best results in some time. Indeed, after going 11 months without a single

At Chicago Agent magazine’s Who’s Who party, we asked agents in attendance how they would handle an appraisal that came in below a home’s contract

By Carlo Calma Chicago-based non-profit organization Historic Chicago Bungalow Association (HCBA), has announced their partnership with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Retrofit Chicago initiative, according to an issued press release. Retrofit Chicago’s Residential Partnership will bring together various organizations to,

By Peter Ricci Real estate website Trulia is reporting that, boosted by fewer housing vacancies and relatively impressive job growth, asking prices have risen in its Trulia Price Monitor for the sixth straight month. A leading indicator on home

By Carlo Calma Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has announced that brokers Phil Barone and Lori Wyatt have been appointed as co-managing brokers of its Lincoln Square office, while Realtor Susan Swift has been appointed to the managing broker position

By Carlo Calma Andy Starck, president/CEO of Prudential Starck, Realors has announced that his brokerage has merged its operations with Prudential First Realty in an Aug. 7 press release. The merger will bring together Prudential Starck’s 11 offices and

By Peter Ricci Governor Pat Quinn signed an amendment to the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987 on Friday, which reforms several aspects of Illinois real estate while tweaking others in an effort to combat mortgage fraud. In addition

By Stephanie Sims Calling all agents in the Chicagoland area: the Chicago Public School (CPS) system is looking for some good real estate brokers to help sell vacant and unused buildings. It seems the CPS school district has a

Russ Bergeron, the CEO of Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), the Chicagoland multiple listing service, was a panelist at Inman News’ Real Estate Connect Conference in San Francisco. This industry leading conference, which took place from August 1 to August

By Carlo Calma Chicago-based Eidco Construction has announced that industry veteran Scott Deliberto has joined the firm as a site superintendent. Deliberto’s new role at Eidico include overseeing project construction and operations, according to CEO Chez Eider. Deliberto is

By Peter Ricci According to new numbers just released by the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR), Illinois’ new licensing requirements for real estate agents have resulted in a 22.3 percent decrease in overall licensees for the state. That number

By Carlo Calma Northbrook-based Integrated Development Group is planning on turning the former Lakeshore Athletic Club in Streeterville into a residential building, as reported by Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily. Located at 850 N. Lake Shore Drive, Integrated Development

Marci Sepulveda and Anne Hartnett, the founders and publishers of Agent Publishing, appeared on Tastytrade’s “Bootstrapping in America” program for an in-depth interview on their professional experiences, the founding of Agent Publishing, and, of course, the current state of