In the last few years, there have been some big changes in Cuba. Fidel Castro is no longer in power, having passed the baton to his young brother Raul; citizens are allowed to purchase cell phones; and now, a

In its latest American Dream Survey, real estate website Trulia found that 93 percent of millennials who rent plan to purchase a home some day, and 72 percent of the entire demographic consider homeownership to be part of their American

The holiday season is often a strange one for real estate agents, many of whom are winding down their business for the year, closing up any loose ends from the summer homebuying season, or, for the more prescient among

Virginia “Ginger” Downs, the CEO of the Chicago Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) will be inducted into the National Association of Realtors’ Realtor Political Action Committee Hall of Fame for her lifelong investment of $25,000 in RPAC, the Realtors Political Action

The Orland Park branch of Keller Williams Preferred Realty is proud to announce the addition of Timothy Branigan. He will be joining the team as an independent contracted

By Peter Ricci According to Nielsen, the majority of cell phone users now utilize smartphones, and Pew Research has found that 22 percent of adults use tablets. Clearly, as consumers, we’re becoming more and more mobile, and we’re spontaneously crafting

A new report from the Wall Street Journal is validating what many have been suspecting for months – President Obama is planning on replacing Acting Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Ed DeMarco by early next year, and probably with someone

The for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) market is one of untapped potential, like an oil reserve that real estate agents haven’t quite reached yet. After all, these are consumers who are looking to sell their homes, but are not seeking the expertise

By Natalie Terchek Andrew Bowyer and Middlefork Development, partners with Ballis Group and Coldwell Banker Previews International, made a donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana (RMHC) at an open house  on December 4

Despite the continued economic uncertainty involving the fiscal cliff, consumers are increasingly confident about the U.S. housing market, as Fannie Found in its National Housing Survey for

An 11-unit condo building in Lincoln Park is will soon be no more – the owners of the condos at 1909 N. Orchard St., put the structure up for sale last week, and the buyer, a developer, plans to

Any entrepreneur, real estate agents included, know that the trick about technology is to either get there first or get there

The Multifamily Production Index, the National Association of Home Builder’s (NAHB) measure of builder sentiment in the apartment/condominium market, was positive again in the third quarter with an index level of 52. That’s the third straight quarter that the Multifamily

An Illinois foreclosure bill that could dramatically improve the state’s troubled relationship with distressed properties passed the state legislature this week, and is now awaiting final approval from Governor Pat

You stop by the office to drop off a file and realize that you forgot to print out an addendum to the contract. Since you’re totally mobile, you saved it in “the cloud”, and you just opened it on

When the terms “real estate” and “Facebook” are combined, they are often done so in the name of attracting new clients. By creating a Facebook profile, you are expanding your brand and advertising your listings and your company to