The Fed cuts interest rates while a Commerce Department report notes recent economic growth was driven in part by the real estate sector.

NAR economist urges developers to consider converting vacant office space, shopping malls to condos to relieve housing shortage.

While iBuyers aren’t really active in Chicago yet, other markets are seeing a vastly different picture. That’s why the session on iBuyers was one of the most highly anticipated panels at the Accelerate Summit event put on earlier this month by our sister publication, Houston Agent magazine.

NAR chief economist: Housing shortage is stunting potential growth.

Housing rebound continues, says the National Association of Home Builders, but it depends on where you live.

New leadership at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group accelerates agent growth and opportunities.

HUD has loosened its rules regarding FHA loans for condos. Learn what that means for your clients.

While Fannie Mae’s index measuring consumer sentiment is lower than last month, the survey still clocked year-over-year gains.

Although all regions saw a boost in pending sales, the biggest increases were in the West, according to NAR’s index.

A 15-month run of decreasing year-over-year gains in U.S. home prices ended in July, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index. However, price growth in Chicago and other major cities was less robust than the national picture.

A new survey of consumer sentiment finds a majority both buyers and sellers feel like now is a good time to jump into the market.

NAR reported positive numbers for existing home sales in August, but Chicagoland and the state didn’t record as good of a year, when looking at the most recent data.

With the quarter percentage point cut, chairman Jerome Powell seeks to stave off a recession.

At the brokerage’s leadership summit in Chicago, company leaders Charlie Young and Ryan Gorman both spoke frankly about the challenges facing the 113-year-old brand, from Compass and Keller Williams to restructuring and rebranding efforts.

Realogy announced that it will embark on a process of “strategic organizational changes” at the same time that its CEO sent an email to employees countering claims that the company had been in discussions for a sale to Compass.

The long-anticipated vision of the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac provides the public with the first concrete roadmap for returning the two firms to full private ownership.