The Cheshire, in Oak Park, is a new construction boutique development listed exclusively by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago.

In response to being named CAR’s Managing Broker of the Year, Joe Siciliano also shared his own industry wisdom in a press release. He identified three keys to successful management.

The new program, DepositLink Pay, allows a broker, agent or title company to direct buyers and renters to a customized URL or a “Pay” button online to make digital earnest-money deposits and rental payments with no cost to brokers, agents or companies. 

The user of the app can monitor information about their home and local market conditions, store important documents, generate estimates for home repairs and find a local contractor for more than 1,000 different home-service categories. 

Mortgage rates rose quickly last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 3.01%, up 0.13% from the week prior.

There were 6.46 million homes sold in the United States last year, according to the National Association of Realtors, and agents from a single company represented well over a million of those buyers and sellers: Realogy. 

It’s that time of year again! As 2021 slowly winds to a close, REALTOR® associations across Illinois are making annual changes. This includes, foremost, inducting new leadership officers.

Joan Smothers launched Smothers Realty Group in 1996 and built her company to be the No. 1 brokerage in La Grange. So why would a successful broker-owner trade their independence to join Compass?

Expect a stable housing market over the next five years — despite the expiration of COVID-era protections — says a new Zillow report.

Open the doors, and there are all the prospective buyers! This enchanting Westernville, NY home was restored and rebuilt to pay historic homage to the church it once was.

Atop Murray’s Mountain in Emporium, PA is a pilot’s fantasy: a fly-in ranch featuring a 1,700-foot airport runway! The unusual property type has an official right of way to the nearby airstrip.

Guaranteed Rate has announced that Chicago’s own Ben Cohen, the company’s managing director and senior vice president of mortgage lending, has originated $1 billion in total loan volume.

Coldwell Banker Realty unveiled its remodeled Hinsdale office, 8. E. Hinsdale Ave, at a grand opening on Sept. 22.

All four geographic regions saw increases, led by the Midwest, which clocked a 10.4% rise from July, and the South, where sales rose 8.6%. Pending transactions rose 7.2% in the West and 4.6% in the North.

The end of the summer shows signs of stabilization in the local housing market, according to new data from the Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS®.

A new report shows the market cooled in August, at least in terms of the number of prospective buyers looking at homes.