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

The city of Chicago was named the best city to live in the U.S. in the 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards by Conde Nast Traveler. Chicago beat out 15 other large cities, including New York and Los Angeles. “Second city?

Early voting ahead of the Nov. 6 midterm election has already begun throughout Chicago and Illinois, which means Realtors associations are ramping up their push to get the word out on their preferred candidates. In conjunction with the Realtors

Midwest Real Estate Data has integrated Homesnap, the public-facing brand of the Broker Public Portal (BPP), into its MLS system, becoming the first true consumer-facing app for MLSs. Homesnap uses real-time data from 160 MLSs to create a better

Tommy Choi, co-founder of Keller Williams Chicago-Lincoln Park, began his term as president of the Chicago Association of Realtors Oct. 1 after being officially installed at the association’s annual inaugural gala Sept. 12. His inaugural address to guests in

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act, part of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1968 signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Real estate groups across the U.S. have marked