The upper end of the market in the Chicago area will have a record-shattering year, regardless of what happens in the remaining weeks of 2018. Chicago and its suburbs have already broken the previous record for most homes sold

Michael Simpson is president of the Realtor Association of the Fox Valley and the managing broker of Baird & Warner’s Algonquin office. Chicago Agent: Let’s start with some background on your career. Why did you decide to go into

Sterling Bay has gone back to the drawing board to redesign its plans for the Lincoln Yards development, months after publicly unveiling the new development. The new proposal, which was presented Nov. 29 at a community meeting in the

Nate Wynsma has been named vice president of Lexington Homes, where he will oversee land acquisition, disposition, entitlement and development for the company. Since 2013, Wynsma had been the vice president at Ryan Building Group, where he oversaw land acquisition

Although Chicagoland home sales slowed down in September, there was a slight rebound in October, inspiring optimism as the real estate industry enters the holiday season. According to RE/MAX Northern Illinois, total home sales in the Chicagoland metro area

There is a growing trend throughout several markets involving property listings that don’t appear on that market’s multiple listing system. The idea around private listings, or pocket listings, office exclusives or a number of other names, has been known

When Dan Wagner resigned from his position as president of Illinois Realtors, many wondered what they would mean for the association going into next year. But Illinois Realtors president-elect Ed Neaves says the association is primed about the unexpected

The Chicago-metro area has one of the most affordable housing markets in the country, according to John Burns Real Estate Consulting. The report defined affordability in a city by comparing price history, income, employment growth as well as projected

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has named Steve Rettig as the new managing broker of its Northbrook office. “We are thrilled to welcome Steve as the new managing broker of the Northbrook branch,” said Fran Broude, president and COO of

@properties continues its expansion in the Chicagoland area with the opening of a new office in St. Charles. The company will initially be leasing office space before moving into a permanent location at 111-113 W. Main St in downtown

Illinois may be a step closer to lifting a statewide ban on rent control after a majority of voters in three Chicago wards voiced approval for such a plan. On the ballot in Chicago’s 35th, 46th and 49th wards

Longtime Chicagoland mortgage lender Tim Brigham founded the children’s charity the Superhero Collective five years ago after his own child ended up in the hospital. Now he is embarking upon the charity’s most ambitious project yet: renovating and donating

@properties has continued expanding its reach into Chicago’s west suburbs by opening an office in Western Springs. Gianna Ricci, former real estate agent in the Hinsdale office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, joins the firm as a managing broker and

A Virginia-based private equity firm has purchased a stake in @properties, Chicago’s largest independently owned real estate brokerage by sales volume, according to a filing with the Federal Trade Commission. The pre-merger notification is dated April 19, 2018, but

In a single session on Oct. 31, Chicago City Council approved four centrally located developments that would together add approximately 7,000 new housing units, 1,200 hotel rooms and 2 million square feet of new office space downtown, the Chicago

Rent control has emerged once again as a point of contention ahead of the Nov. 6 midterm elections. Voters in several Chicago precincts will be submitting their opinions on the matter as part of an advisory ballot question, which