Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS) and one of the largest MLSs, serves nearly 40,000 real estate professionals. Having that many brokers, appraisers and support staff accessing your MLS system, you expect the metrics to

Pat Callan, the managing broker owner of Realty Executives Premiere in Wheaton and NAR member has been named 2014’s Illinois Realtor of the year by the Illinois Association of Realtors. The award is presented to a member of the

Realtor.com does not yet have the winning combination for an online ranking platform for real estate agents. Like Redfin and the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) before it, realtor.com  recently stopped its attempt to accurately rank Realtors in a

Number of years in real estate: Nine years. Describe your look: Modern classic. What do you consider a “fashion don’t”? Logos galore. What is your favorite piece of clothing and why? A great pair of black riding boots. They

Do this for me: think of your website not as a piece of technology or a fancy, digital brochure, but as an actual employee. Something that can be productive, that can deliver results just like a real person. The

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), announced today that its President and CEO Russ Bergeron has been named to the DocuSign Real Estate Advisory Council. The inaugural meeting, with attendees from across the real estate

Chicagoland’s housing market continued to grow in confidence in January. Asking prices in the Chicagoland housing market increased 15.8 percent year-over-year in January, according to the latest Price Monitor from real estate website Trulia. That was the fourth strongest

Weichert, Realtors – Kingsland Properties has recently announced that local St. Charles resident and Realtor John Tarzynski will be joining their sales team at their Naperville office. Tarzynski holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and as well as

Everyone at Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), marvels at how real estate transactions continue to be conducted, even under the worst weather conditions. As the Midwest continues to struggle through a new wave of

The Construction Industry Service Corporation, otherwise known as CISCO has awarded its residential construction award to the 500 Lake Shore Drive project during its annual Pride in Construction Awards. The project is owned by a joint venture between the

Wells Fargo has been ranked the world’s most valuable bank brand on Brand Finance’s Banking 500 list. The list, compiled annually by leading brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance, ranks the world’s biggest banks by their brand value. The results,

Guaranteed Rate, one of the 10 largest retail mortgage companies in the nation, announced that its national spokesperson, television personality and home improvement expert Ty Pennington, will appear at the company’s booth at the annual National Association of Home

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently announced its association with two Realtors in the Chicago area. Realtor Scott Singer is now associated with Coldwell Banker’s Schaumburg office, while Realtor Terry Young is affiliated with the company’s office in Edgebrook. Singer,

An optimistic outlook from current and potential homeowners will make 2014 an active year in the housing market, predicts a recent LendingTree survey conducted by Research Data Technology, Inc. Of the 609 current and potential homeowners surveyed, more than two-thirds

The Counselors of Real Estate, an international group of high-profile real estate, financial and legal professionals, is pleased to announce the 2014 officers for its Midwest Chapter. David Hooks of MarketHooks Consulting, Inc., will serve as the chapter’s chairman. The co-vice

Chicagoland’s housing market showed some definite positivity in 2013, according to CoreLogic. Home prices in the Chicagoland marketplace rose 12.5 percent in 2013, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index. That was the fifth strongest yearly increase of