Michael Pierson and Chris Eigel, principals of the real estate firm Prudential Rubloff Properties, reported the results of the Prudential Real Estate national survey, which shows that Americans are significantly more optimistic about homeownership than they were a year

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is raising awareness for fair housing to celebrate the 44th anniversary of  the Fair Housing Act, which was introduced in 1968. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion,

John C. Aiello, an agent with Weichert, Realtors-McKee, died friday March 30, at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge after a long battle with

Not even two weeks after Koenig & Strey made headlines with its announcement that it would be charging mandatory retention fees for its buyers, another Chicago brokerage has announced a new fee-based system with its own unique

Former Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg is selling his luxury co-op home in Streeterville. The home is listed at $650,000, which make $260 per square foot for the 2,500-square-foot

  House Bill 4242 was unanimously approved  by the Illinois House in Springfield to freeze property taxes easements on properties that has been effected by natural disasters. The bill was passed Friday March 30 and went into effect

At our Top Producers event this year, we asked top producers in attendance how they felt the election would affect housing. Find out what they had to

An interesting nugget of information on contract failures, was tucked away in the National Association of Realtor’s latest press release on existing-home sales. Amidst the details on sales (which were down 0.9 percent monthly but up 8.8 percent year, in case

All week, we’ve been reporting on the different dimensions of the housing recovery. From housing’s relationship with the greater economic progression of 2012, to positive projections from Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, to the continually high interest from Americans

Less than two years after winning her own Sotheby’s franchise as part of a lawsuit settlement, Karina Caulfield has shut down her Lakeview residential real estate office to join forces with Conlon: A Real Estate

Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose recently purchased a luxury condominium downtown at the Trump International Hotel and Tower, and he was represented by Matt Silver of Urban Real Estate. Silver believes that the purchase shows that Rose is dedicated

Chicago luxury homebuilding firm, Environs Development, was honored with six Best in American Living Awards (BALA)  at the 2012 International Home Builders Show held in Orlando, Fla. Founded in 1991, Environs Development is a full-service firm that specializes in architecture,

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS), is pleased to announce that its Technical Help Desk has been identified as one of the top 20 call centers in the United States and Canada by BenchmarkPortal.

Home values in Chicago declined again in Standard & Poor’s latest Case-Shiller report, falling 1.9 percent from December to January and 6.6 percent from January 2011, reaching new post-bubble

Michael Parent, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage broker/branch manager in St. Charles, has been appointed as president elect of the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe), the fourth largest association of Realtors in the U.S. with more than 14,000 members in

Governor Pat Quinn stressed affordability and housing aid in comments at the Illinois Association of Realtors Conference in Springfield earlier today, emphasizing his administration’s commitment to homeownership opportunities and foreclosure assistance programs. “Creating affordable and secure homeownership programs not