Newman Realty announced on Friday that Lauren Mitrick, known for making Forbes list of “30 under 30” in real estate, as its newest agent. Mitrick is also recognized for being the youngest president to serve for the Chicago Women’s

Social media has become a vital component in the marketing strategy employed by today’s real estate professionals. Many have incorporated vehicles such as Facebook and Twitter into their daily business practices. In response to the explosion in social networking,

Every so often, a piece of information comes around to show that the U.S. housing market, despite some challenging trends, is by no means entirely on shaky ground, and recent data on foreign buyers would seem to suggest such

Home sales in Illinois were up by 14 percent year-over-year in December, a result of a mild winter, record-low interest rates and the most affordable housing market in 40 years, according to new data from the Illinois Association of

The city of Chicago experienced a mini-triumph on Thursday when a federal judge ruled against an early filing by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in its lawsuit with the city over its vacant housing ordinance, according to a

Acting Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner Carol J. Galante recently announced additional steps in a series to protect and strengthen the FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.  The FHA hopes to limit risk and continue to enable the agency to

Ameristar Mortgage Company announced that it has joined with national lending company, Guaranteed Rate, Inc. Ameristar brings 23 years of experience to Guaranteed Rate, serving thousands of clients in its Brookfield, Wisc., community, with its primary focus in residential

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) describes its members as being “cautiously optimistic,” for 2012, while not forgetting that the years of the great housing boom is a thing of the past. Using their expertise, MRED members gave their opinions

Keller Williams announced that they will continue to operate unimpeded in the Chicago-area. This news comes in the wake of a franchise owner’s recent decision to sell the assets to four of their Chicago-area offices to Coldwell Banker last

Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP has designed a 30-story operable window for the Greenland Group Suzhou Center, a 70-story building project in Wujiang, China.  

Numerous studies and reports have been issued in the last two weeks on foreclosures, and all seem to reach the same consensus – though there was a decline in foreclosure filings in 2011, inventories are not only a present

Oak Park trustees unanimously approved the addition of a 20-story apartment building at the corner of Lake Street and Forest Avenue in the heart of the city’s downtown area. The trustee’s 7-0 vote overrode the Oak Park plan commission’s

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