Fully half of metropolitan areas tracked in the third quarter continued to show modest home price increases from a year ago, despite a sharp decline in home sales after the deadline for the home buyer tax credit, according to

The Council of Residential Specialists inducted its 2011 leadership team during its inaugural dinner and awards ceremony on Nov. 6, 2010, in New Orleans during the National Association of Realtors Conference & Expo. Frank Serio, CRS, CRS, CRB, Mark

On Feb. 22, Chicago residents be able to cast their vote for the new mayor of Chicago. However, based on what you know right now, we want to hear who Realtors will be voting for when the time comes.

by Zipporah Porton One of the biggest incentives for homeownership right now is the subsequent tax deduction. However, a new reform might eliminate this opportunity. The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, a bipartisan commission President Obama created

Every fall, parents wave goodbye as their college-bound kids pack up their belongings, make the drive down university lane and prepare for football games, mid-terms and freedom. While college living is often associated with dorms and campus housing, Coldwell

Veterans Day is an annual U.S. holiday for honoring our military veterans. The federal holiday is observed on Nov. 11 every year, and is also known as Armistice Day or Remembrance day throughout the world. The date is significant,

As the only new high-rise in its neighborhood and one of the only new-construction condominium towers in Chicago to successfully emerge from the housing downturn, SoNo stands out both literally and figuratively. Now, the 199-unit development, with the distinctive

Orleans Homebuilders, Inc. announced that George E. Casey, Jr. has been selected to lead the Company as it completes its financial reorganization and emerges from Chapter 11, targeted for year-end. Casey will function initially as a special advisor to

Nick Libert joined real estate professionals from all over North America recently at the EXIT Realty International Convention at Hyatt Regency in Dallas, Texas and received recognition onstage for growing his office from 8 agents to over 30 in

Financially challenged homeowners who are at risk of losing their homes can now rely on The Foreclosure Defense Group (FDG), a Rosemont, Ill.-based firm that matches clients to attorneys who can fight lenders in court and work to completely

The 2010 Annual Kitchen Walk benefiting Designs for Dignity (d4d), raised more than $50,000 and was attended by 350 guests who experienced a day of culinary delight in Harbor Country, Mich. on Oct. 16. The afternoon extravaganza showcased innovative

Boughs of holly won’t be the only colorful décor decking the halls of four distinctive Oak Brook homes soon to be on public display. Indeed, visitors who partake in the seventh annual Hinsdale Center for the Arts Holiday Home

A group of Chicago-area lawyers concentrating in real estate practice has formed the Association of Foreclosure Defense Attorneys to share information and better help clients facing questionable foreclosures. The association is the first of its kind in Illinois. The

More than half of Illinois counties reported gains in the median home sale price during the third quarter of 2010 compared to a year ago despite the post-tax credit slowdown in sales activity. According to the Illinois Association of

Joe F. Hanauer, a Realtor from Laguna Beach, Calif., and Chicago, Ill., has received the National Association of Realtors 2010 Distinguished Service Award. Out of 1.1 million Realtors no more than two are recognized with this award each year.

Home sales activity in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market registered a solid gain of 11 percent for the first nine months of 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009. That was achieved even as third-quarter transaction