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.

Talk about a modern farmhouse! This former working dairy farm in Oswego, Illinois, now boasts a rustic open floor plan with modernized living quarters upstairs.

Searches for “fixer-upper” on Realtor.com in July 2025 have more than tripled in volume compared to four years ago.

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

The pace of new-home sales hit an annual rate of 800,000, its highest level since January 2022. 

Fannie Mae also reduced its forecasts for home sales in 2025 and 2026. 

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

The stock-swap deal will bring Anywhere’s brands, including Better Homes and Gardens, CENTURY 21, Coldwell Banker and Sotheby’s International, under the Compass umbrella. 

The annual survey finds most Realtors pay at least $50 a month for work technology, despite a majority feeling satisfied with the tech provided by their brokerages.

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

Rate has launched the first fully integrated Spanish-language mobile app from a U.S. mortgage lender. 

The move was widely anticipated and is expected to be followed by additional cuts this year. 

The home is listed by Jake Scheloske and Tim Pagano of Agresti Real Estate for $359,000 — and since it’s not technically on land, there’s no real estate taxes.

The jump in mortgage activity was driven in large part by refinancings, which surged 58% in the week ended Sept. 12. 

At the same time, completions of new single-family homes were on the rise last month, according to federal statistics.