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Tracy Kasper was named 2024 president of the National Association of Realtors® during the organization’s annual event in Anaheim, California.
Detached single-family homes remained the most popular type of housing, making up 79% of all home purchases during the past year.
A Naperville home has sold for just over $8 million at auction, marking the most expensive sale in DuPage County history. It’s also the most expensive home ever sold at auction in the Chicago metro area.
Fairway Independent Mortgage Company has hosted three charity events for veterans and Relators alike. The events gave local agents from different brokerages the chance to connect with veterans, better learning more about how to working with them.
Across the map, there’s a dominant parking option among single-family homes: the two-car garage. Sixty-six percent of new single-family construction in 2022 included two-car garages.
Real estate firm leaders are worried about housing affordability and inventory in the next two years, according to the 2023 Profile of Real Estate Firms by the National Association of REALTORS®.
Today’s homebuyers are more likely to pay cash and be unmarried and childless than in previous years. They’re also entering their new homes with a much steeper income, according to NAR’s annual Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers report.
Mark Willis, who served as CEO of Keller Williams from 2005 to 2014, has stepped back into the role effective immediately.
Last month, homebuyer demand showed its resilience, despite mortgage rates being at a 23-year high and inventory continuing to be limited.
RE/MAX Holdings has named a new CEO after nearly two years of searching: Erik Carlson, former CEO of the DISH Network Corporation. The firm’s last CEO, Adam Contos, stepped down in January 2022.
Any buyer would be “Lucky” to own this piece of pop history — Britney Spears’ childhood home has returned to the market.
New homebuyers must make an average annual salary of $115,000 to afford the average U.S. home, according to recent studies from Redfin. That’s about $40,000 more than the typical American household earns.
In the wake of the Sitzer/Burnett verdict, a new, similar lawsuit — this time on behalf of homebuyers — has been filed in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
Real estate brokerages snagged the No. 1 spot for all three company sizes, according to the Chicago Tribune’s latest Top Workplaces ranking.
The tiered real estate transfer tax would increase fees on transactions of $1 million or more.
Certified Divorce Lending Professionals go through extensive training and continuing education to achieve and maintain their CDLP designation.