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Elysian Private Residences Sold Out Thanks to @properties

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 Applauds Outstanding Agents

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

Optimism Drives Banks’ Purchase of West Chicago RE/MAX

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

This Week in Real Estate: Lakeview Sales, Census Bureau Findings and ZIPping Through Chi-Town

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

Evanston Landlords Livid Over Property ‘Blacklisting’

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

A ZIP Through Chicago Yields Varieties in Pricing

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 Teams Up with Guaranteed Rate

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

High-Rise Sales Signal High-End Market Rise

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

Guaranteed Rate Welcomes Dan Gjeldum

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,

Ring Around Rosie for Lakeview Home Sales

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

Prudential Rubloff Raises $20,000 for Sunshine Kids

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

Occupy Chicago Inhabits MBA Conference

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

Michael Golden of @properties is CAR’s 2011 Realtor of the Year

The Chicago Association of Realtors named @properties co-founder Michael P. Golden the 2011 Realtor of the Year. The award was presented last week at CAR’s annual inaugural gala at Navy

Is “Real Trends” Real Reporting?

By Christian J. Barron The Wall Street Journal/Real Trends 1000 is a compendium of the industry’s top selling agents year-to-year. However, upon closer examination, the data may have left some deserving agents off the list. To create its list

This Week in Real Estate: Record Rates, Cheap Property and the Promise of Homeownership

A quick rundown of the most savory real estate news from the week of Oct. 3 – Oct. 7, by the numbers: 3.94 – that’s the current percentage rate for the 30-year FRM; we’d call it a historical low, but

HUD Grants $1.4 Million to Chicago Housing Organizations

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced yesterday $28 million in grants – $1.4 million of that due to Chicago organizations – to fight and investigate housing discrimination and promote equal housing opportunities. Funded through the Fair Housing

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