The National Association of Realtors recently proposed a membership due increase of up to 50 percent, potentially increasing 2012 membership dues from the current $80, to $120, according to AgentGenius, in an effort to reshape campaign

Is the National Association of Realtors increasing its membership? Across the U.S., various cities have experienced an increase in

According to the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing’s Luxury Housing Report, early numbers from the spring home buying season suggest that demand for luxury homes is warming

RE/MAX Edge in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood continues to grow and expand, especially in light of its recent merger with RE/MAX NorthCoast, an established brokerage in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. The merger will strengthen the brokerage’s position in the Chicago

Housing is cheaper than at any point in the last 35 years, but mortgages are harder to get than at any point in the last 15 years, according to new research from Zillow.com, as reported by the Wall Street

Investigations into mortgage servicers’ processes are over and the delay in foreclosures has ended, too. The number of properties that are being returned to lenders is increasing once

According to Fannie Mae, the serious delinquency rate decreased to 4.44 percent in February from 4.45 percent in January. This is a decrease from a high of 5.59 percent in February 2010. Freddie reported the delinquency rate decreased to

Dream Town Realty announced four new Realtors joined the brokerage last month. The new March recruits are Anthony Motton, Peter Childs, Susan Boush and Tom Kelley. All four agents offer residential home sale and purchase services in the Chicago

According to a report released Tuesday by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, a large number of renters are allocating more than half their income to

According to a report released this morning by the National Association of Realtors, pending home sales increased 5.1 percent in

Beginning on Oct. 1, the government will dial back on the size of mortgages it guarantees in high-cost areas like San Francisco, New York and Washington. After that deadline, the maximum loan amount that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

The homeownership rate dropped to 66.4 percent in the first quarter, the lowest level since 1998, according to the Census Bureau. The rate is down from last year’s 67.1 percent, and a single basis point dip from the previous

The International Monetary Fund believes the U.S. should consider cutting the popular tax deduction for mortgage interest, according to the Wall Street

While recent home prices and sales haven’t been strong, the top and the bottom of the housing market is doing just fine according to Builder’s Pulse. Those with a decent income are keeping the upper market afloat, paying large

Prices of single-family homes declined in 20 metropolitan areas by 0.2 percent from January to February, according to the S&P/Case Shiller composite index released today. This decrease places the current composite index of 139.7 just slightly above the 2009

The supply of vacant residential lots in the Chicago area has barely budged over the past year, according to Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily. <!–more–> Developers were sitting on 48,905 lots ready for new single-family homes, duplexes or townhomes