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

A real estate agent was sexually assaulted last Friday in Hammond, Indiana at a house showing, where she was scheduled to meet two prospective clients. Police Lt. Richard Hoyda said someone called the woman’s office and gave her false

Completed foreclosures declined 17 percent year-over-year in October, as the strengthening housing market and the National Mortgage Settlement continue to improve the mortgage

Every day, if not every moment of every hour, new details are reported about Congress’ ongoing battle to avert the so-called “Fiscal Cliff,” with various policies, tax proposals and political rhetoric being exchanged across the aisles. But now, in

Asking prices continued to show improvement in the Trulia Price Monitor, a leading indictor of market activity that studies the asking prices of new property listings on the real estate

Century 21 Affiliated Chicago announced its merger with Century 21 Kmiecik Realtors located in the Southwest Section of Chicago. The company will operate under the name Century 21 Affiliated

By Peter Ricci The findings of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) 2012 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers on the home search process was perhaps the most encouraging part of the entire study, as it found that though

By Peter Ricci In a free webinar open to the public, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) assessed the politics and economics surrounding the housing market following the reelection of President Obama. Featuring Jerry Howard, the association’s CEO, Jim Tobin,

By Peter Ricci Home prices rose 6.3 percent year-over-year in October according to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic, which is the biggest yearly increase since June 2006 and the eighth consecutive month of yearly increases. This is the

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By Peter Ricci The fiscal cliff, and its implications for the U.S. economy, may be receiving all the attention from the media, but the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is doing its darnedest to ensure that another, equally potent

By Peter Ricci Construction spending, on the strength of the residential construction market, rose 1.4 percent from September to October and 9.6 percent from October 2011, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. It was another

By Peter Ricci News flash – Twitter is one widely-used program. With an estimated 400 million monthly users, the site is among the most popular forms of social media available today, and it makes all the sense in the