Everything was sunny and fine for the U.S. construction industry in April, which continued its 2012 gains with strong showings for the month in the Census Bureau’s latest report. Altogether, construction spending rose 0.3 percent from March to April

Agents with a Trulia account can finally take the popular online real estate listing site on the go, as the company has created the Trulia for Agents app for iPhone and Android users. Though the app puts the site

The subprime mortgage market collapse in 2007 heralded a new era of lending, one defined by caution and conservatism – and as a result, as housing demand continued to grow, mortgage supply dwindled. But as a new study by

Keller Williams Preferred Realty recently welcomed Ashley Carter, formerly of Koenig & Strey Real Living. Carter brings 13 years of industry experience to Keller Williams Preferred Realty in Orland Park, which he chose because of its “agent-centric

Walmart is many things to many people – discount chain, multinational corporation, grocery store, and, of course, arbiter of pollution, low-wage jobs and traffic. But a new study from a duo of economists has put a new, interesting perspective

A new survey by Realtor.com has found that prospective homebuyers are more interested in foreclosures than ever before – and in a major way. Since October 2009, homebuyer interest in foreclosures has risen by an incredible 159 percent, which

Representatives from real estate firm, Hines, Kennedy Enterprises and Magellan Development Group unveiled a $1 billion project slated for the city’s Wolf Point area at a community meeting May 29. The three-phase project includes a residential building and two

Costco, the popular warehouse club chain, is a great place for food, office supplies, clothing and…mortgages? Yes indeed – Costco has partnered with First Choice Bank and 10 other lenders to offer home purchasing and refinancing products through its

New pending home sales data from the National Association of Realtors is reporting a 14.4 percent increase from April 2011. The data, which is gleaned from the Pending Home Sales Index, was down monthly by 5.5 percent after three

More than 250 real estate professionals were in attendance at the 2012 Good Neighbor Awards on May 24 at the Hilton Chicago, where the Chicago Association of Realtors (CAR) recognized 58 Chicagoland builders for their unique achievements. A special 20th anniversary event, the

The First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), a 55-year-old MLS that serves more than 30,000 agents throughout Georgia, was in the news last week when Lane Bailey, a Realtor in the state, discovered that when uploading photos to FMLS, agents

According to the first quarter Zillow Negative Equity Report, 41.1 percent of homes in Chicago are in negative equity, while nationally, 31.4 percent are underwater. The data, though, is not as scary as it looks. Of those 31.4 percent, 90

New Lenox-based Realtor Leo Koulouris of RE/MAX All Properties can add another milestone to his career as he was recently named “Realtor of the Year” by the Three Rivers Association of Realtors. Koulouris received the recognition during the Illinois Association

CoreLogic filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Redfin late last week, alleging that a new home price tool the online brokerage released in March violates an existing patent. A home price estimator, Redfin’s Home Price Tool was designed to give prospective

Though home values nationwide began to stabilize in S&P’s latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, prices in Chicago continued to fall, hitting new post-bubble lows. From February to March, prices fell 2.5 percent in Chicago, while nationally, prices were unchanged.

Agents looking to take their selling skills to another dimension will have one more tool in their arsenal. Miami-based software development company Evolution Ventures has recently launched their Sage iPad and web-based application for Realtors in the Chicago