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CAR Past President Frank Williams honored as a Fair Housing Champion

Frank J. Williams was a winner at NAR’s Fair Housing Champion Awards, honoring his decades of service at both the state and local level.

Illinois home sales are down — but the winter market is thawing

Statewide home sales were down year over year in March 2023, according to new data from Illinois REALTORS®. However, sales were up 46% month over month.

Baby boomers are hitting the suburbs — hard

Chicago’s suburban market is still frenzied, according to the Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS®. And baby boomers are driving much of the action.

March brings rise in single-family construction

U.S. government data shows builders increased the pace of single-family home construction while slowing the pace of multifamily starts. 

Corcoran Urban Real Estate adds two partners to leadership team

Corcoran Urban Real Estate has added Tyler Stalling and Sophie Xu to its leadership team, the company recently announced.

NAHB: Builder confidence rose again in April

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index rose for the fourth month in a row in April as the construction industry remained “cautiously optimistic.”     

Chicago’s dreamiest neighborhoods — ranked

Sometimes, you just have to check Zillow. But where do shoppers linger longest on the website? That’s what HouseFresh investigated in a recent study.

Guaranteed Rate launches new reverse mortgage training for loan officers

Guaranteed Rate is adding more support systems and training for loan officers to boost its reverse mortgage program.

Fulton Grace opens new Gurnee office

Fulton Grace has opened a new office in Gurnee, located at 5101 Washington Street, Suite 24. On April 27, there is a grand opening celebration.

Mortgage rates decline for fourth consecutive week

This was the fourth week in a row of declines, leaving prospective buyers hopeful for sustained low rates throughout spring homebuying season.

NAR’s REALTORS® Relief Foundation offers grants to tornado victims

The REALTORS® Relief Foundation has offered more than $1.6 million in disaster relief aid to help victims of recent tornadoes in Arkansas, Mississippi, Kansas and Oklahoma.

The Building Industry Association of Greater Chicago’s 50th annual Key Awards

Since 1972, the Building Industry Association of Greater Chicago has honored the best of the best in the building industry with its annual Key Awards.

Siegfried & Roy’s Vegas oasis lists for $3 million

The late entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy didn’t just maintain a home in Las Vegas. Theirs was a grand “jungle palace” featuring a bird sanctuary and animal enclosures. Both Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn lived on the large compound,

This triangular home is an edgy marvel

In Buffalo, New York, one unique home pokes out above the rest: The Triangle House.

@properties Christie’s International Real Estate expands to Madison, Wisconsin

@properties and Christie’s International Real Estate is expanding to Madison, Wisconsin, by partnering with a local brokerage there. That firm, LeGrand Real Estate, is rebranding @properties elleven Christie’s International Real Estate.

Optimism for spring selling season grows with third monthly rise in pending sales

The National Association of REALTORS® Pending Home Sales Index rose for the third month in a row, suggesting the housing market’s contraction could be “coming to an end.” 

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