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

Throughout the year, we published cover stories on a wide range of topics, but what issues proved most popular with our online audience? Was it our profile of spring’s new construction? Our field guide to fixing the industry? Or

It’s been quite a year in real estate, and as we approach 2012, we want to use our final week of production to commemorate some of the most popular content on our website in

Rita Kerins has recently joined the Lincoln Park Plaza office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, expanding the existing sales team of over 200 agents. The announcement was made by Chuck Goro, branch manager of Coldwell Banker Residential

Year-over-year home sales in Illinois rose by 14.2 percent in November, while sales in the city of Chicago were up by 20.4 percent, yet more indicators that the state’s real estate market may be emerging from the tough market

Sales in Lakeview of two-flat properties are poised to finish strong in 2011, if new data from The Chicago Real Estate Local is any indication. Overall, 38 two-flats have closed in Lakeview in 2011, an increase in sales of