Realtor Loretta Alonzo of Romeoville is the new 2012 president of the Illinois Association of Realtors

Fannie Mae, in partnership with NBC, has introduced the Know Your Options Awareness Campaign, a foreclosure awareness and prevention program, to Chicago. In the hopes of assisting as many homeowners as possible, Fannie Mae volunteers will be operating a

Scott Gill, former full-time managing broker for Baird & Warner’s Winnetka branch and part-time author, has decided to switch up his priorities. On Monday, Steve Baird, CEO, announced that Gill is putting real estate on hold to pursue a

The Chicago City Council signed a new ordinance amendment into law Monday that increases upkeep requirements on bank-owned vacant properties, though housing advocates feel the measure did not go far enough. Originally passed in July with the support of

After a two-year span of diminishing sales, Elysian Private Residences, the Gold Coast ultra-luxury condominium development at 11 E. Walton St., has sold out all 51

RE/MAX Premier Properties of Chicago’s Gold Coast has recently taken the time to recognize the excellence of two agents for their accomplishments during the month of September: Bill Trammell and Maria

Cindy and Tony Banks, a husband-and-wife team that has worked in real estate for 26 years, are confident about the metro Chicago real estate market; so confident, in fact, that they just purchased RE/MAX Cornerstone, a brokerage located at

A quick rundown of stats from our real estate news from the week of Oct. 10 – Oct. 14, by the numbers: 35.7 – the percentage that third quarter home sales increased in Lakeview from 2010. Rosie O’Donnell is not

Landlords in the Evanston area are fuming over their inclusion on a recently-released list of 52 rental properties with safety violations, a move they are alleging amounts to a public “blacklisting” of them and their businesses. “The city has

There are close to 60 different zip codes in the Chicagoland area, and thanks to Fiserv – the same company behind Standard & Poor’s titanic Case-Shiller Index – we have new and intriguing information on housing prices in Chicago

Joseph McBreen, owner and senior loan officer of The McBreen Group within Mortgage Services III, has joined Guaranteed Rate Inc., as a vice president of mortgage

This past month, three condominiums in Michigan Avenue’s Park Tower sold for over $3 million each. The 117 condos above the Park Hyatt hotel at 800 N. Michigan Avenue are among the most expensive in the high-rise market, with

Named one of Crain’s Chicago Business “Fast Fifty,” Guaranteed Rate, Inc. has recently acquired a new team member: Dan Gjeldum, formerly of Mortgage Services III,

Rosie O’Donnell’s purchase of a $2.5 million, 6,000 square-foot Lakeview property has made the Chicago neighborhood a consistent feature in many recent news stories, but thankfully, the area has even better news to report – homes sales in the

The first annual Prudential Rubloff fundraising event, which took place on September 21, was a success, especially for the Sunshine Kids organization, which received the proceeds of the event, about $20,000 in all. The donation was in dedication of

What was supposed to be a routine gathering on technology is fast becoming a hotbed for democratic activity, as the Take Back Chicago street protests have targeted the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) conference taking place this week. A coalition