With sales and construction showing signs of growth, home appraisals have now emerged as a major component to a successful reboot for the housing

Bank of America posted big gains on Thursday after news broke of a $5 billion investment from financial wizard Warren

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech earlier today at an economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo., that highlighted both housing and the Fed’s current role in economic

The Congressional Budget office (CBO) has updated its Aug 2011 “Budget and Economic Outlook” report, and it’s filled to the brim with positive predictions on the future of

The Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court is joining forces with local and state agencies to form a special task force to properly distribute the county’s $16 million in foreclosure surplus

Pre-foreclosure sales rose 19 percent in the second quarter, but were 12 percent lower than 2010 totals, according to the Q2 2011 U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report from

The White House has confirmed that it is actively pursuing potential remedies for housing, with plans involving refinancing and/or property conversion getting particular

Residential foreclosure activity in the seven-county Chicago area dropped dramatically from June to July, and the decline was even more pronounced when compared with a year

Contention surrounds the numerous factors behind a home appraisal, but two issues in particular generate controversy: one, how foreclosed property values are factored in to an appraisal; and two, how green features are counted in the valuing of a

Realtor Joe Stacy, of Koenig & Strey Real Living, has recently been named branch manager of the Schaumburg

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is urging the White House to host a housing summit composed of policy makers, industry leaders and government stake holders with the intention of revitalizing the U.S. housing

Agents looking to learn more ways to increase their outreach through social media, look no further. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is providing a seminar on the app

Ideas abound for how to stimulate the housing market, and one idea that has acquired a number of supporters is a government-led refinancing

New home sales remained consistent from June to July, dropping just 0.7 percent to 298,000, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau earlier

Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty bought two real estate offices of Prairie Shore Properties – one located in Chicago and the other in Evanston. Prairie Shore Properties will now operate under the Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Democratic congressman Gary Ackerman of New York is suggesting a new round of housing stimulus, this time focused on first-time home buyers and potential