Inman New named Russ Bergeron, chief executive officer of Midwest Real Estate Data LLC (MRED), as one of the 100 most influential real estate leaders of 2011 in its Inman 100 list. This marks the third year in a

The Home Builders Association of Illinois (HBAI) announced Matt Dill, president of Beechen & Dill Homes, is the winner of its 2011 Builder of the Year

The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and Governor Pat Quinn will honor Jack Amberg, 26-year veteran of the U.S. Army and mortgage banker at Chicago Bancorp, as the December 2011 Illinois Veteran of the Month for his commitment and

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced that real estate veteran , Christina Auer, has joined Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Deerfield

Is the National Association of Realtors (NAR) finally revising its existing home sales data? What’s going on with appraisals? And how do student loans affect housing? Here’s a quick rundown of stats from this week’s news (Dec. 12 – Dec.

Karen V. Peterson, sales associate at the Coldwell Banker Gold Coast office, has been honored with the LuxeHome 25

Dream Town Realty added six Chicago Realtors to its team during October and November. The firm’s new members are Marnie Sax, Giorgio Pescatore, Justin Brown, Thomas Secson, Jeneane Ally and Justin Francek, all of whom are residential sales specialists

Cook County commissioners are moving forward with an enforcement ordinance against vacant properties despite a lawsuit from the Federal Housing Finance Agency against the city of Chicago for similar measures, reports the Chicago Sun-Times‘ Lisa

Top producer Michael Bauknecht has joined the @properties Lincoln Park office as a broker

A Chicago ordinance requiring banks to maintain vacant properties has been met with resistance by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which has filed a lawsuit against Chicago to prevent the ordinance’s enforcement, according to HousingWire. Originally passed in

One out of every 10 homes in Chicago is vacant, and with additional foreclosures expected in 2012, several non-profits in the Chicagoland area are approaching the vacancy pickle in ways that anticipate pending programs from the federal government. Reported

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) has announced that the greatly anticipated new version of its public records solution, Realist® NextGen, will be going live overnight

As if the Chicago apartment scene was not already busy enough, Chicago Real Estate Daily’s Alby Gallun reports that three huge deals have transpired in the final month of 2011, putting the finishing touches on what could be the

The Schweppe mansion in Lake Forest is on the market for $12 million after a foreclosure lawsuit, according to a recent Crain’s article by Mary E. Morrison. The 27-room English-style mansion has been listed by an affiliate of First

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has zeroed in on the secondary mortgage market, calling for reforms to what it sees as a major contributor to a sustained housing recovery. In testimony before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has just announced the addition of industry veteran Dana Pierson-Emering to their team. Emering will work out of the brokerage’s Deerfield