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Nominations are Open for the 2012 Good Neighbor Awards

Realtor Magazine’s Good Neighbor Awards recognizes Realtors who devote themselves to volunteer service and is currently accepting applications. This is the 13th annual Good Neighbor Awards, and the National Association of Realtors is looking for outstanding Realtors who not

HUD Awards More Than $2.3 Million to Fight Housing Discrimination in Illinois

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded yesterday more than $2.3 million to nine fair housing organizations and non-profit agencies in Illinois to educate the public and combat housing and lending

CAR Board Members Speak Out Regarding Ethics

Let this be a warning to Realtors everywhere that everyone is watching, and while we are all busy, not staying on top of of things can create big

RE/MAX Central Merges Roselle and West Dundee Offices

RE/MAX Central in Roselle, Ill., has become one of the largest real estate offices in the northwest portion of the metropolitan Chicago real estate market, with a roster of 60 agents, as a result of a recent merger with

Camins Tomasz Kritt and GVA Chicago Announce Merger

Chicago-area commercial real estate companies, Camins Tomasz Kritt and GVA Chicago, have announced a merger to become CTK Chicago

Poll: Using Portable Devices

With all the changes and improvements that happen regularly regarding technological devices and applications for phones and tablets, many Realtors have started to embrace technology and incorporate certain mediums into their everyday use. In particular, the iPad seems to

Weekend RE

It seems that downtown Chicago isn’t just for office buildings anymore. According to Curbed.com, the population in the Loop downtown area has nearly tripled to more than 20,000 over the last

Chicago: Top-Searched Market in January on Realtor.com

Realtor.com has released web traffic data and other figures for its site during the month of

Optimal Buyer Market Conditions Linger in Illinois Housing Market

Buyer market conditions remain in most Illinois housing markets as low mortgage interest rates helped spur some early buying in January despite typical slower sales for the winter

Alta at K Station Becomes Largest Gold LEED-Certified Apartment Complex in the United States

Chicago-based Fifield Companies and its joint-venture partner, Pacific Life Insurance Co. of Newport Beach, Calif., have announced that Alta at K Station in downtown Chicago has been awarded Gold LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The two-tower

Northwest Indiana Homebuilder Associations to Merge

Builder Associations of Indiana’s Lake and Porter counties will merge to form the Home Builders Association of Northwest Indiana, according to

Scottie Pippen Lists His Florida Home

Former Chicago Bulls superstar Scottie Pippen and his wife, Larsa, have listed their Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., home for $16M, according to

Recouping the Cost of Renovating

Whether you’ve lived in your home for 25 years or just moved into a brand new house, you likely have a list of improvement projects you’re considering. Experts say that home renovations should not be done to enhance the

Chicago Has Six New Suburbs Since the Year 2000

Not only are more people living in the suburbs now, there are more suburbs to live in, according to the U.S. Census Bureau data released last

Not Even a Blizzard Stops Real Estate Professionals from Doing Business

You’ve probably heard the expression, “real estate agents never sleep.” For customers of Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), sleep was the least of their concerns when the Great Blizzard of 2011 hit the Chicagoland

First-Time Homebuyers Account for Majority of Illinois Sales in 4Q 2010

The Chicagoland region ended 2010 nearly even with home sales in 2009 while statewide the Illinois housing market continued to ride out the turbulent economic times boosted by sales from the homebuyer tax

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