Chicago agent Patti Furman has been named the “No. 1 Sales Associate in North America in Total Units for 2011,” for her outstanding achievement of selling 375 units, resulting in $44.5 million in sales in 2011. Furman has

  The Marquette Companies has announced the purchase of Two Itasca Place, a condominium property in Itasca, Ill., originally developed by Bloomingdale, Ill.-based Donald E. Morris Enterprises. Marquette is converting the property to apartments and will serve as the

Chicago’s Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently acquired four Keller Williams offices and is pleased to welcome many top agents to their team. “Coldwell Banker is known for its superior customer experience and local market expertise, but also for its

Mesa Development LLC and Walsh Investors have paid off the $275.5 million construction loan for The Legacy at Millennium Park, a luxury 72-story condominium high-rise, overlooking Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. The loan was repaid with proceeds from unit

By Judith Francois With over 25 years of experience and expertise in the mortgage industry, Mark Daly is the new senior vice president and national sales manager of Perl Mortgage. Perl has been locally owned and serving Chicago residents

Chris Eigel and Michael Pierson, principals of Prudential Rubloff Properties, are pleased to announce the formation of Rubloff Insurance, a full-service insurance division to be led by industry veteran George H. Moloney III. Rubloff Insurance will be located at

What were the results of the latest Case-Shiller? How did construction spending pan out in 2011? And what sector of housing is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) not involved in? We take a look at this week’s real

Real estate broker Kay Wirth of RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest in Crystal Lake has been named the 2012 Illinois Realtor of the Year by the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR). A Realtor for more than 25 years, Wirth is a

With a combined 46 years of real estate experience, veterans Susan Swift and Lori Wyatt, previously with Keller Williams, are two new members of Coldwell Banker who will be serving the Chicago market. Wyatt is heading up the Lincoln

The real estate community can nominate architects, developers and others for the Chicago Association of Realtors “Good Neighbor Awards,” all the way through February. The Good Neighbor Awards help the public appreciate real estate’s role in responsible urban development and

First American Properties is considering the construction of 39 rental apartments in downtown Winnetka. The area had formerly been part of a larger project to build 31 luxury condominium apartments at the site by New Trier Partners. Discussion concerning

Kelly Byrne has joined Koenig & Strey Real Living Real Estate as a broker associate. Byrne, who has been in real estate since 2005, will be working at the Gold Coast office, located at 900 N Michigan Ave in Chicago on

Each year, the Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) Board of Managers elects officers from among their ranks to guide the company through the upcoming year. This year’s officers were recently announced, and bring an immeasurable level of experience to

Zachary Knebel, Kelly Fondow and Patti Sprafila Wagner are the new Realtors who will be serving  buyers and sellers throughout the Oak Park area, announced Weichert, Realtors on Monday. “It’s rewarding to learn not only that the real estate

That makes two – after making national headlines with her lawsuit against Wells Fargo for racially-inspired predatory lending, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has done it again, this time in a lawsuit against the parent company of Standard &

Baird & Warner Real Estate announced today that it has acquired west suburban real estate broker Prime Property Partners, expanding its field of service to several western neighborhoods in the Chicagoland