Luxury broker James Larson takes an advisory approach to assisting clients with the buying and selling of properties in the Chicagoland area and Wisconsin. His goal: to build lasting relationships that have clients returning to him, time and again, to find homes that accommodate each phase of their lives.

  If Atlanta-based single-family homebuilder Pulte Homes has its way, Naperville will soon become 113 acres bigger. Wednesday night, the Naperville Planning and Zoning Commission approved Pulte’s request for a recommendation that the 113-acre site formerly occupied by Wagner

Real estate website MyHQHome.com plans to launch in January, taking advantage of the Amazon HQ2 real estate gold rush. Several brokerages have joined forces in constructing the website, aiming to target Amazon employees relocating to the company’s two new city locations, Crystal City,

Illinois Realtors announced that Kristen Butcher will assume the role of executive vice president at the start of the new year. The executive vice president is the organization’s second-ranking executive. Butcher, who lives in Springfield, joined the organization in 2013,

Chicago was named one of the best cities in the U.S. for outdoor access, according to an analysis by REI. Research from the outdoor recreational retailer named Chicago and other cities using data from the Urban Outdoor Access Analysis

The upper end of the market in the Chicago area will have a record-shattering year, regardless of what happens in the remaining weeks of 2018. Chicago and its suburbs have already broken the previous record for most homes sold

Housing inventory is steadily recharging around the U.S., giving potential buyers more options. RE/MAX’s latest national housing report found October was the first month to show a year-over-year increase in inventory in nearly 10 years. Compared to one year

Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate granted the National Flood Insurance Program another six-month extension while the House of Representatives granted the same program an extension of seven days. “NAR is relieved that authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program

Michael Simpson is president of the Realtor Association of the Fox Valley and the managing broker of Baird & Warner’s Algonquin office. Chicago Agent: Let’s start with some background on your career. Why did you decide to go into

Assumptions about how millennials will spend their money as they progress through adulthood continue to be proven inaccurate, or at least misunderstood. This is particularly true in real estate, specifically the places where Americans now in their 20s and

Sterling Bay has gone back to the drawing board to redesign its plans for the Lincoln Yards development, months after publicly unveiling the new development. The new proposal, which was presented Nov. 29 at a community meeting in the

The latest report on pending home sales recorded in October, released today by the National Association of Realtors, showed more signs of a short-term slowdown. NAR’s pending home sales index declined by 2.6 percent last month compared to September,

Nearly one-third of homes for sale experienced a price drop of over 1 percent this October, according to a report by real estate brokerage Redfin. The report foreshadowed a market cooldown, finding October’s decline in home prices to be the largest number of

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees the federally owned mortgage corporations Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced Nov. 27 it will increase its conforming loan limits for the third consecutive year in 2019. After not changing the limits

Chicago-based independent mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate announced Nov. 27 that it would expand its presence in Hawaii with the acquisition of assets and staff from local lenders including Honolulu HomeLoans (HHL) and Hawaii Lending Alliance (HLA). The company said

One of the largest residential real estate brokerages in the U.S., Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, will open more international franchise locations throughout Europe and the Middle East. According to Bloomberg News, BHHS will partner with London franchisee Kay & Co.