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Cover Story

The luxury market has sustained through the years and is now gaining steam. What do agents need to do to make the most of the luxury market? What do luxury homebuyers expect from agents? Even the way agents speak to their clients can make a difference. Click here to read our cover story, and find out.

Also…

• Highest List Price Per Year By County
• Trends of the Affluent

Editor’s Note

• Knowledgeable > Luxurious

National News

• Chicago’s Luxury Housing Market Gaining Steam
• Builder Confidence Slides as Material Costs Jump
• What’s Happening to America’s Wealthy?
• Real-Estate Listing Words: The Good, Bad and Hyperlocal
• Agents Control 45 Percent of Homebuyers’ Lender Choice
• March Housing Starts Shoot Up 7 Percent

Agent Snapshot

• Kim Alden, Realtor, Baird & Warner, Barrington

Improving Your Business

• Luxury Insights – What Tools Are Necessary For Selling Luxury Homes?
• Luxury Apartment and Condo Rental Fees

The Scene

• WCR Chicago Annual Top Producer Panel 
• Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Awards Ceremony
• Weichert, Realtors-Kingsland Properties Sales Rally and Awards Banquet

My Style

• Karoline Eigel, Principal, MartketHooks, Inc., Lincoln Park