Good morning, dear readers! It may not actually be morning for you, but I woke up at the crack of 10 a.m. today on my private island just to bring the latest gossip back to Chicagoland. It’s officially winter,

Mike Gobber was installed as the 2018-2019 president of the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe) on Sept. 11. He is a broker/owner of Century 21 Affiliated in Westchester. Chicago Agent: Would you offer a little background about your career?

Cook County is home to two of the census tracts in the top 10 nationally for their share of growth in households making $200,000 a year or more since 2000, including the single fastest-growing cluster of such households in

Glencoe’s Hoover estate sold for $10 million in late December. Dream Town’s Hadley Rue represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. He told Chicago Agent Magazine that the new owner of the property has not fully committed

Veteran loan officer Anthony Marinaccio has left Key Mortgage for Guaranteed Rate. He’ll be working on a team with Dan Gjeldum, one of Guaranteed Rate’s top Chicagoland producers.

It’s not easy predicting the future of real estate in Chicagoland. Despite an economy that seems relatively strong, there are headwinds for the industry in 2019. Rising interest rates, uncertainty in global markets, and continuing affordability and inventory issues

Aldermen aligned with Mayor Rahm Emanuel blocked an effort made by members of the Progressive Caucus to reform the city’s use of tax increment financing on Monday – causing the $5 billion Lincoln Yards development to stay in a sort

Sterling Bay’s already massive presence along the North Branch corridor just got even bigger. A five-story warehouse building at 1907-1915 N. Mendell St. fetched $8.6 million for the Matanky Realty Group in a deal with the busy development company,

  If Atlanta-based single-family homebuilder Pulte Homes has its way, Naperville will soon become 113 acres bigger. Wednesday night, the Naperville Planning and Zoning Commission approved Pulte’s request for a recommendation that the 113-acre site formerly occupied by Wagner

Illinois Realtors announced that Kristen Butcher will assume the role of executive vice president at the start of the new year. The executive vice president is the organization’s second-ranking executive. Butcher, who lives in Springfield, joined the organization in 2013,

Chicago was named one of the best cities in the U.S. for outdoor access, according to an analysis by REI. Research from the outdoor recreational retailer named Chicago and other cities using data from the Urban Outdoor Access Analysis

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