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Agent Publishing’s Anne Hartnett Named To Folio’s Top Women in Media

Anne Hartnett, co-founder of Agent Publishing, has been nominated as one of Folio’s Top Women in Media. Folio is a multi-channel resource for the magazine and online media industry that uses digital media, print and events to help media

Pamela Moran Joins Belgravia Realty Group Sales Team

Belgravia Realty Group, a well respected, Chicago-based brokerage firm that is part of the Belgravia Group, Ltd. family of companies, recently announced the addition of Pamela Moran to their sales team. Moran’s passion for real estate began in 1997

Chicago Pressured to Eliminate Clybourn Corridor PMD

As demolition of the A. Finkl & Sons Co. steel mill kicks off within the next two months, real estate developers interested in the property are bound to challenge the industrial corridor’s planned manufacturing district (PMD). In the 1980s,

News Corp to Purchase Move, Inc. in Blockbuster $950 Million Deal

First it was Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia, and now News Corp has thrown its hat in the ring in acquiring Move, Inc. In a fairly volcanic move into the real estate syndication business, News Corp – the massive media

Police Find Missing Realtor’s Body in Shallow Grave

Beverly Carter had been missing since Thursday evening. After an extensive search, Arkansas police discovered the body of Beverly Carter, a Crye-Leike Realtor, in a shallow roadside grave earlier today. Aaron Lewis, who was apprehended by authorities on Monday,

Chicagoland Home Prices Remain Positive in New Case-Shiller

Home prices remained positive in the latest Case-Shiller, though they exhibited definite signs of easing. Home prices in the Chicagoland region were up 0.6 percent monthly and 4.0 percent year-over-year in Standard & Poor’s latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, with

Pending Home Sales Slow a Tad in August

The decline was not substantial, but pending contracts definitely slowed down in August. Pending home sales fell 1.0 percent in from July to August, and are down 2.2 percent from where they were in 2013. Those were the main

Illinois Enters Reciprocity Agreement with Florida

As of Aug. 4, Florida and Illinois have entered an agreement to permit mutual recognition of real estate licensure in both states. This reciprocal agreement allows agents in Illinois to do business in Florida and vice versa. Illinois agents who

The 10 Top-Selling Neighborhoods in Chicago

Of Chicagoland’s many neighborhoods, which ones saw the most home sales in August? Last week, we reported on the top-selling suburbs in the Chicagoland area in August, and courtesy once again of data from Redfin, we’re back with the

Suspect Apprehended in Disappearance of Arkansas Realtor

Beverly Carter has been missing since Thursday evening, though police have now apprehended a suspect. The police have taken into custody a suspect in the disappearance of Beverly Carter, a Crye-Leike Realtor in the town of Scott, Arkansas who has been

4 Essential Facts About Today’s Mortgage Markets

There has been undeniable progress in the mortgage markets, but the effects of the recession still linger. Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve released a bevy of mortgage data from 2013, and it came with a screaming good headline

@properties Expands Further in the Suburbs with New Barrington Office

@properties, the largest residential brokerage firm in the city of Chicago and the largest independent real estate firm in Illinois, is continuing its rapid expansion throughout Chicagoland with the opening of an office in Barrington. This marks the firm’s

Ballooning Prices Help Homeowners Regain Equity

American homeowners are finding that rising home prices are helping them reclaim some of the equity lost during the housing crisis, CoreLogic reports. The value of homes, since the bursting of the housing bubble in 2007, have been struggling

Real Estate’s Uneven Recovery Continues in August

The recovery in housing is still heavily concentrated in higher price points, according to new NAR research. On the surface, it seems like just another report on housing – earlier this week, the National Association of Realtors reported that existing-home

New Home Sales Rocket 33% in August – Why You Should be Skeptical

New home sales rocketed to the moon in August, but such data should be taken with a grain of salt. Here’s some glorious news to brighten up your day – according to new Census Bureau numbers, the sales of

The 10 Top-Selling Suburbs in Chicagoland

Of Chicagoland’s many distinguished suburbs, which ones saw the most home sales in August? Earlier this week, we reported that August was a rough month for home sales in Chicagoland, with transactions falling by 13.3 percent from the year

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