A quick rundown of stats from our real estate news for the week of Oct. 17 – Oct. 21, by the numbers: 13.3 – the percentage that home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland area increased in September from last year.

Pamela Tilton was named president of brokerage operations and managing broker of the Lincoln Park office of Jameson Sotheby’s International

The results are in! After weeks of voting and hundreds upon hundreds of votes cast, we have our nominees for the 2011 Agents’ Choice Awards. Stay tuned for our Nov. 7 Agents’ Choice issue, where we will announce the

Detached single-family homes sales in suburban Chicago rose more than 20 percent (and attached 30 percent) in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period a year ago, according to statistics released by the Mainstreet Organization of

First it was Cameron’s house from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, then the Home Alone house in Winnetka. Now, you can own the home of the man responsible for both films; beloved Chicago filmmaker John Hughes’ former Lake Forest house

@properties has a new vice president of brokerage services: veteran Chicago real estate broker, Wayne Kouf. Kouf will be working out of the Gold Coast/Streeterville

Fifth Third bank announced that Fred Matvias is now a mortgage loan officer for Fifth Third

Year-over-year home sales for both Chicago and Illinois rose in September, continuing a familiar scenario – impressive sales clashing with negative pricing data. According to data provided by the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR), city of Chicago sales last month were

Sandesh Bilgi, an experienced motivational speaker and leader of real estate sales teams, has become the newest addition to the Conlon staff. His top-producing sales history is expected to mesh nicely with Conlon practices and

In an interesting twist for the real estate industry, Anthony Rossi, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the annual Lester Patrick Trophy, which is awarded annually by the National Hockey League. The award is given to individuals

According to the RentJuice’s Chicago Rent Index, four out of the five neighborhoods with the highest rent prices during the second quarter saw rent increases during the third

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