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Trolley tour to highlight affordable homes currently available

A trolley tour on Oct. 15 will showcase nine affordable properties that are currently for sale though the Chicago Housing Trust.

Baird & Warner helps construct Habitat for Humanity homes on the South Side

On Sept. 23, nearly 50 volunteers from Baird & Warner gathered to help construct four homes by Habitat for Humanity Chicago on the city’s South Side.

First-time homebuyers bounce back amid rising rates

First-time homebuyers now make up 45% of current homebuyers, according to Zillow. The numbers represent a rebound from the lows of the pandemic.

Peak Realty to open office at Southport Lofts

Peak Realty Chicago and its sister company Peak Properties, LLC, are making significant strides at Southport Lofts: a newly redeveloped, mixed-use building adjacent to Lincoln Yards.

Keller Williams expands to Switzerland

The new franchise will be the brokerage’s 16th in Europe as it pursues other expansion opportunities around the world. 

Toll Brothers co-founder Robert Toll dies

The former chairman and CEO of the homebuilder died of Parkinson’s disease at 81. 

The Oak Park Area Association of REALTORS® inducts new leadership

The Oak Park Area Association of REALTORS® held its 106th annual installation on Sept. 13, inducting new officers and board members.

Rogers Park ranks No. 5 best place to live — in the U.S.

Rogers Park is the most diverse neighborhood in Chicago: a rare quality which has earned the area national distinction.

Grady Ligon joins RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. as CIO

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. has named Grady Ligon as its new chief information officer. Ligon brings 20-plus years of experience to the position, as well as his proven track record for integrating technology to enhance business growth.

CoreLogic: Pace of home-price increases slows for fourth month in a row in August

Looking ahead, CoreLogic expects the year-over-year pace of home-price appreciation to slow to 3.5% by August 2023. 

Mortgage payments up 15% since mid-August

Market volatility is causing more and more homebuyers to delay or cancel plans to make a purchase.

Meet Chicagoland’s 2023 Realtor association leaders

It’s that time of year! Find out which association members will be leading Realtors throughout Chicagoland, for the year to come.

Slide into home!

As if a lakeside property were not fun enough, this home in Madison, Wisconsin. includes a large spiraling slide in the foyer.

Revive wins NAR Pitch Battle

The National Association of Realtors® has named Revive as the winner of the 2022 Innovation, Opportunity & Investment (iOi) Summit “Pitch Battle.”

The best public high schools in Illinois — see the full list

Check out all of the top public high schools in Illinois. Of the top five, three are Chicago Public Schools.

National home prices see first monthly drop since January 2019, S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index shows

The price index continued to climb in Chicago, though, increasing 0.65% from June to July. Year over year, the Chicago home price index is up 9.6% 

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