Though not as quick as email, direct mail still offers considerable advertising value. The real estate world is constantly abuzz with talk of the newest mobile app or search platform. So much so, in fact, that agents often forget

Why are Millennials not buying homes? The answer is far simpler than you may suspect. There are some lofty explanations out there for why Millennials are staying on the real estate sidelines, but new research from Moody’s Analytics has

There are many types of homes for sale on any given day, but what trends are consumers gravitating towards? Tall, short, skinny, fat, new, old, historic, modern, urban, rural – the possibilities are endless when it comes to the

President Obama came out in support of net neutrality this week, and his proposals could be instrumental in protecting the Internet – and your business. Advocates for net neutrality received a huge vote of confidence this week from President

Second Century Ventures’ REach Accelerator hosted a leadership panel and technology demonstration at the National Association of Realtor’s Annual Conference, featuring top executives from many of the world’s leading real estate firms: Steve Berkowitz, CEO, Move Inc. Gino Blefari, incoming CEO,

Real estate is a competitive profession. And while there are any number of occupations that may, rightfully, make a similar claim, hardly any industry is as dedicated to leveraging those positions of prominence as explicitly as those in real

In case you were wondering, our housing market continues to get less affordable, not more. In the last year and a half, housing affordability in America has dramatically fallen, and our local metro is no exception. We recently reported that NAR’s Housing

The messages for housing were mixed in the BLS’ new report on the jobs market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October jobs report earlier today, and it’s a doozy, with a multitude of numbers on the nation’s

The city of Chicago is planning a large-scale architectural event to showcase groundbreaking work and new design experiments. The city of Chicago has unveiled plans for “The Chicago Architecture Biennial,” a multi-month international architectural event developed by the city’s Department

With our first story in our “NAR Profile” series, we take a look at important homebuyer trends of the last year. Every year, Christmas comes several weeks early for housing analysts in the form of NAR’s “Profile of Home

Acknowledging the importance of long-lasting agent-client relationships, HomeKeepr, a relatively new company, has released a mobile app for both iPhone and Android platforms aimed at creating bonds spanning the typical lifecycle of a home. Offering simple branding options, customized

How has new construction shifted in recent years to a more affluent, wealthy clientele? See our analysis below to find out: Create

In a city-wide examination of the relationship between median monthly rent price asked (MMRA) and proximity to a CTA station for selected neighborhoods in the Chicago metro area, RentHop found that at both the city-wide and neighborhood level MMRA

Baird & Warner announced that top producing real estate broker in Chicago’s North Shore, Catherine Leonard, has been named the new managing broker of the Evanston sales office. Leonard’s new role calls on her to provide sales training and mentorship to the

Though prices have shown signs of a slowdown at 2014 draws to a close, they’ve remained in positive territory. Though asking prices nationwide have shown some signs of a slowdown, they remained in confidently positive territory through October, according

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