RE/MAX Premier Properties announced the addition of Hasani Steele, a member of Chicago Association of Realtors Top 1 percent. Previously affiliated with @properties, Steele joined to RE/MAX Premier Properties at 1205 N. Dearborn Pkwy. in

By Bill McBride Construction employment increased by 17 thousand jobs in December, and is now down 2.18 million jobs from the peak in April 2006. Total construction employment increased by 46 thousand jobs in 2011. This was the first

What were the results of CoreLogic’s latest HPI? Is the government finally unveiling a plan for its REO inventory? And how many Keller Williams offices did Coldwell Banker acquire?  Here’s a quick rundown of stats from this week’s news (Jan. 9 –

Fifth Third Bank has named James Currie its new assistant vice president and mortgage loan

A sale is expected to close today of four Keller Williams Chicago offices to New Jersey-based Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. The Keller Williams offices are located in Lincoln Square, Lincoln Park, the Gold Coast and the West Loop, and

Diane Aigotti and Edward Brady have been re-elected to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago’s board of directors, and Owen Beacom has been newly elected to the board. Mary Cahillane and Mark Eppli will also on new roles

Freddie Mac has announced new policies for unemployed borrowers that can grant the troubled homeowners up a year in breaks from their mortgage payments. According to a HousingWire article on the policies, which go into effect Feb. 1, Freddie

Chicago appears to be the location for a January 31 hearing on the maintenance of foreclosed properties, according to a National Mortgage News piece on the subject. Two Democratic congressman, Elijah Cummings of Maryland and Danny Davis of Illinois, want not only the

Coldwell Banker is pleased to announce Joe Siciliano as the newly appointed brokerage manager for the Halsted office in Chicago. This is in addition to Siciliano’s current managerial position at Coldwell Banker’s Lakeview office. Siciliano has been working in

Pulte Group Inc. has purchased 45 bank-owned lots in the western suburb of Burr Ridge located south of 79th Street between Country Line and Wolf roads. According to Crain’s, the lots are part of a 52-lot development that was

Starting January 9, Jon K. Broadbooks will begin his new position as communications director of the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR). “We are pleased to have an experienced and accomplished communications leader join the Illinois Association of Realtors staff

We cover quite a few stories here at Chicago Agent, always with our finger on the pulse of what matters in real estate. Whether it’s a new study out by Federal Reserve analyzing the financial crisis, new statistics from the

Every year, Chicago Agent magazine publishes Real Data, a residential reference book that provides realty professionals with important stats about the previous year and helps with planning business for the current year. Our most recent book included information gathered

Our 2011 Offices to Watch issue invited brokerages all across Chicagoland to tell us why they’re an “office to watch.” We featured a roundup of several city and suburban offices and allowed the managing brokers, owners and directors to

Standard & Poor’s released the latest results of its influential Case-Shiller Home Price Indices just moments ago for the month of October, and like the previous collection of data, it shows both monthly and year-over-year declines for housing values

Who is making headway in the real estate industry in 2011? Who are the people whose names you should know, because they are making names for themselves this year? Earlier this year, we published our “Who’s Who” issue, which featured