China is currently steeped in economic turmoil, and its tumbling stock prices and overinflated real estate market have industry professionals asking the question: How will this affect the U.S. real estate market? The answer has major implications for agents, brokerages

Sales continued their strong march forward in August, as CoreLogic reported both year-over-year and month-to-month increases. While the extent of home price gains varied often and sometimes greatly from metro to metro in August, the national direction has remained

With 247 closed transactions in 2014, Mary Wallace of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Oak Lawn Office was ranked No. 35 in the 2015 REAL Trends/Wall Street Journals – Top Thousand Real Estate Agent list. Wallace also ranked third in Illinois by

According to RealtyTrac and Ethnic Technologies, the share of Mandarin Chinese-speaking buyers paying in cash has increased to 46 percent in 2015, a 229 percent increase from 2005. This increase puts Mandarin Chinese in the lead in terms of cash sale market share

@properties came in at 2251 on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest growing companies, it’s ninth appearance on the list. The brokerage has a 19.4 percent market share, and for 2015 they generated $156.3 million, which was the highest revenue for an

Since late May, compliance training company Morph Media has been conducting daily surveys to gauge just how ready the real estate industry is for the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rules, set to take effect Oct. 3. On several portions of

According to a recent survey from Charles Schwab, Naperville is the most desired place to live in Chicagoland. The survey, which sampled 1,000 Chicago residents between the ages 21 to 75 years old, asked participants where they would most

The community bank is dying; some might argue it is already dead. The question is – why? A large section of the industry, and those familiar with it, would hang a heavy burden of blame on the passage of Dodd-Frank in

Chicago will likely increase its property taxes on homeowners – how will it impact real estate? Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made a $544 million property tax hike the cornerstone of his proposed 2016 budget, with the bulk of

After receiving thousands of votes from Chicagoland’s real estate community, we have crunched the numbers and published the finalists for our 2015 Agents’ Choice Awards. Take a look at the top three vote-getters below, and stay tuned for our Agents’ Choice

Nationwide, wage growth has lagged behind home prices; is that still true here in Chicago? Back in April, we reported some unsettling news – per analysis by RealtyTrac, wage growth in the Chicagoland area in 2013 and 2014 lagged far behind

On September 24 at the association’s gala, Dan Wagner of the Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. was installed as president of the Chicago Association of Realtors Board of Directors for 2015-2016. Wagner has been a licensed real estate

Illinois ranked highly in a new study of the nation’s school systems Illinois was ranked as the eleventh best state for teachers in a WalletHub study. The study looked at subjects such as the job opportunity for teachers in U.S. states,

Daniel L. Goodwin, the chairman/CEO of The Inland Real Estate Group, was named one of the top five winners of the 2015 Good Neighbor Award. The award honors Realtors who help strengthen their communities. Goodwin has served on the

CoreLogic released June cash sales data this week, which showed that cash continues to trickle out of the market. Nationally, cash sales made up 31.3 percent of total home sales in June, down from 33.9 percent the same time

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently announced that Realtor Nadiya Kramar will be joining the firm as an affiliate.  She will be based out of its Oak Brook office. Kramar has more than one year of experience in the industry. She stated