Six North Michigan won a 2011 Good Neighbor Award from the Chicago Association of

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded nearly $1.5 million to Greene County ($130,573), Henry County ($176,493), Knox County ($240,000), Peoria ($240,000), Rock Island ($225,000) and Rockford ($480,000) Housing

The Winnetka house where Home Alone was filmed has been on the market for about a month, recently dropping their price to $2,175 million, according to

Home designs have taken a turn from the aesthetically pleasing to the practical. Home designs that are unconventional and geared towards a practical purpose, such as “green” homes, are gaining popularity with homeowners and builders

With widespread speculation on falling home prices, where the housing market is going from here, and how to maintain the foreclosure backlog, a limited amount of data focuses on the downtown condo market. According to Paul Dales, senior U.S.

Paul Wells, broker/owner of RE/MAX of Barrington and RE/MAX Now, was awarded the Eagle Award at the RE/MAX Northern Illinois 34th annual awards ceremony. The Eagle Award had not been awarded for over a

Doug Ayers, president and CEO of Koenig & Strey Real Living, passed away June 10 at the age of 50, after fighting a heroic battle with cancer. Ayers was beloved and admired by colleagues at Koenig & Strey, and

Green building trends in housing construction and remodeling are growing, and will only continue to increase in the future. According to Housing Wire, Harvey Bernstein, vice president, industry insights and alliances, McGraw-Hill Construction, noted that in 2010, a third

Two years ago, approximately 100 condo buyers were sued for refusal to close on their units at One Museum Park West, located at 1201 S. Prairie Street; many of these cases have been settled in the favor of the

Sue Rossi, co-owner of RE/MAX 2000 in Crete, Ill., earned one of the most prestigious honors conferred by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network: the “Above the Crowd!” award. This award goes to those who have made outstanding

Nicole Napientek and Marta Hudson have both joined the Naperville branch of Weichert, Realtors – Kingsland

During the recent 34th annual RE/MAX Northern Illinois awards ceremony, RE/MAX Suburban won the top award for sales production. The office had the highest number of transactions and the greatest sales volume of all multi-office brokerages in the RE/MAX

Almost 40 percent of homeowners nationwide who took out second mortgages are underwater on their loans. That is more than twice the rate of owners who didn’t take out such loans. According to the Wall Street Journal, nearly 40

Five individuals from the North Shore have been federally charged for allegedly partaking in a $15.7 million residential mortgage and construction loan fraud scheme, leading to a loss of more than $8 million for lenders, said the Chicago

Gary Jacklin of RE/MAX Action in Lisle, IL, recently received the Technology Award from Northern Illinois real estate

Coldwell Banker recently released the results of an online survey, which asked 1,188 Coldwell Banker real estate professionals about their perceptions regarding gas prices impacting home buying trends; many professionals noted an increase in desire for urban living, short