The former vice president of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in Chicago is joining the brokerage after its recent acquisition of five Compass offices in the North Shore. 

Staid markets in the Midwest that missed the fervid speculation of the pandemic are now enjoying healthy gains.

Ramsey founded The Noir Row Collective, a specialized consulting firm focused on hospitality and mixed-use developments in Chicago and Detroit. 

The slower sales pace was accompanied by more days on market for Chicagoland homes, Mainstreet REALTORS® said. 

The decline in sales came as a 17-month run of year-over-year increases in new listings came to a close.

Mainstreet REALTORS® installed Kinga Korpacz as its 105th president, along with its new board of directors, at its annual installation ceremony on Sept. 9. Korpacz succeeds Connie Vavra, who served as Mainstreet’s 2024–2025 president.  Korpacz, broker/owner of EXIT Realty

Tatiana Reed will be working from Keller Williams’ new Bronzeville location on East 47th Street.

Located at 180 N. Ada St. in the Fulton Market district, the property offers 263 apartments. 

In the last year, Andrews obtained her real estate license in Florida, where she spends winters working at Fortune Christie’s International Real Estate. 

The Chicago Association of REALTORS® will install its incoming board of directors at its 142nd Annual Inaugural Gala on Sept. 26 at the Hilton Chicago.  Lutalo McGee of Ani Real Estate will be installed as the association’s new president.

The Maynard at 1325 West Wilson Ave. offers 121 studios and one- and two-bedroom units. 

The data-sharing partnership will allow the groups’ members to share listings across platforms. 

The project will offer a total of 294 rental residences — 245 apartments and 49 rental townhomes — and 13,000 square feet of commercial space. 

These five offices will operate under RE/MAX’s luxury division, The RE/MAX Collection.

The ranking was based on the top 1,000 cities with the highest household mean income, using U.S. Census data.

The buyer and seller were described as a local investment group and a private investor, respectively.