ActiveRain, the social networking site for Realtors, is more than a “Facebook for agents;” rather, it’s an important professional networking resource, one that can introduce agents to scores of valuable industry contacts. As such, it’s valuable to optimize your presence

The 46th Ward Zoning and Development Committee will be meeting on November 10, where, among other topics up for discussion, the committee will discuss the recently proposed condo tower to be constructed at Halsted and Bradley in East

Chicago-based AMLI Residential recently broke ground on a 50-story high-rise building in the upscale River North neighborhood. The building, made up of 409 rental units, is designed to meet LEED Gold certification

Coldwell Banker knows how to give back to its agents. The company recently treated its top 2 percent of producing agents to a unique business retreat, otherwise known as the President’s Club, that included a number of nationally renowned

This year’s Remodeler of the Year, named by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), is Chicago real estate professional Mike

Weichert, Realtors – Goodchild Homes has brought in two new professionals to join the Rolling Meadows sales team: Veronica Hernandez and Tina

RMK Management Corp. was honored to receive ten Chicagoland Apartment Marketing and Management Excellence (CAMME) awards last Friday. The Chicagoland Apartment Association, Apartment.com and the Chicago Tribune presented the awards, which celebrate multi-family housing companies and professionals that have

According to a report from Reuters, recent comments by Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan suggest that the government is considering new rounds of refinancing aid for American homeowners, beyond the recent revisions to the Home

A lawsuit filed by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan against mega-bank Wells Fargo got the green light today from a state court judge. The suit, which was originally filed in the summer of 2009, alleges that Wells Fargo engaged

During the boom years, bigger and better was the mantra for everyone in the housing market, most of all developers. “McMansions,” as they were called, sprang up in suburbs across the country, and everybody seemed to have the financing

Seeking to debunk the conventional wisdom on detached homes, a new piece by Wendell Cox of New Geography, citing data from the 2010 American Community Survey, throws down the gauntlet on detached housing, claiming the housing type is not

Real Estate Services Providers Council, Inc. (RESPRO) is hosting its Affiliated Business Regulatory Seminars on November 3rd at the Renaissance Chicago O’Hare Suites Hotel. The seminars, which will be worth 6.0 Continuing Legal Education credits for participants, seek to

Allied Home Mortgage Corporation and its CEO James Hodge were suspended today for fraudulent lending practices that cost the government hundreds of millions of dollars. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is considering debarring Hodge and

After weeks of voting and thousands of votes cast, we announced the winners of the 2011 Agents’ Choice Awards last night at our sixth annual Agents’ Choice Awards Party at the Snaidero Kitchen and Design showroom at the Merchandise

According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, construction spending rose for the second straight month, in increasing 0.2 percent from August to September to a seasonally adjusted rate of $787.2 billion. Though the spending was 1.3 percent

As legislators keep looking for ways to increase the efficacy of housing policy, some of the research will be shared at tomorrow’s How Housing Matters Conference in Washington,