Amazon announced on Thursday that it has narrowed its list potential sites for its second headquarters to 20 cities, and Chicago is on the list. The company received proposals from 238 locations that were hoping to woo the ecommerce

Chicago recently ranked No. 9 on a list of cities for STEM professionals, or those who work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers. For the study, WalletHub analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data of the country’s 100 largest metropolitan

The Chicago Association of Realtors announced Michelle Mills Clement as its new chief executive officer. Mills Clement, who is originally from Chicago, spent five years in Seattle, most recently as the president and CEO of the Commercial Brokers Association

Chicago has the fifth most-valuable housing market in the country at $821.3 billion, according to a new report from Zillow and Bloomberg. Its value grew 5.8 percent from 2016. The only markets more valuable than Chicago are Los Angeles

Jennifer Mills Klatt and the Home Discovery Team have joined the Lincoln Park office of Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty, according to their Facebook page. Mills Klatt and the Home Discovery Team achieved sales of over $100 million in 2016.

The Realtor Association of the Fox Valley (RAFV) has signed an agreement with AgentEDU, a division of Agent Publishing, to provide online training and education for its members. With the new partnership, AgentEDU will provide online video courses for

An age-old question for many adults is whether they should invest in property or continue to rent. Proponents of buying say it’s a good investment in the future, but sometimes, certain factors — like limited inventory — make ownership

Guaranteed Rate yesterday announced plans to sell a “meaningful minority stake” of the company to an affiliate of Thomas H. Lee Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm. A portion of the proceeds of the investment will be used by

Dream Town Realty has joined with TOWN Residential, a New York luxury real estate services firm, in a strategic partnership to further expand their reach in the luxury market and provide new referral opportunities for their brokers and agents.

In a recent study from Resonance Consultancy, Chicago was named the 10th-best city in the world and third-best city in the U.S. based on its impressive architecture, vibrant cultural scene and countless opportunities for urban exploration. BestCities.org assessed the

Jacob Dochee, 45, known as “Jacob Da Builder” in the Chicago real estate community, passed away on Dec. 8. Dochee and his brother-in-law, Samieh Jawdac, were killed when the Lamborghini they were in crashed on Interstate 57 near south

Home prices in Chicagoland had a year-over-year increase of 3.8 percent in October while national prices increased 7 percent, according to the recent CoreLogic Home Price Index. The national increase marks the fourth consecutive month of growth of 6

On top of playing your favorite music and giving you weather reports, Amazon’s Alexa is adding a new skill to her vast voice-activated repertoire — helping users buy and sell homes. Agent Neo, a new real estate app on

Guaranteed Rate is promoting two of its senior vice presidents and divisional managers, James Elliott and Chris Knapp, to Executive Vice Presidents of National Retail Production in the Eastern and Western halves of the country. Elliott, a former CEO

The Lowe Group, one of the top real estate teams in Chicago, is joining with real estate technology company Compass as they launch their first Chicago real estate office. According to a press release, 20 Chicagoland agents have joined Compass including

Forty-three counties in Illinois reported slight gains in home sales in October, according to Illinois Realtors. Last month, 12,796 single-family homes and condominiums sold, up 0.3 percent from October 2016. On average, it only took 54 days to sell