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CHICAGO, May 17, 2013 – RE/MAX brokers claimed a substantial share of the honors when the Chicago Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.) announced its annual awards for sales accomplishments in 2012.

CHICAGO, May 6, 2013 – The website for the RE/MAX Northern Illinois network, Illinoisproperty.com, has announced that its listings are now part of the first truly global online real estate resource for consumers: www.global.remax.com, which hosts...

Move-up buyers (who own a home but are looking for something larger or in a more desirable location) are returning to the market but with a much different mindset than they had during the housing boom, according to RE/MAX.

RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, a leader in the Chicago real estate market, will add its fifth location when the brokerage opens a new office at 12376 Princeton Dr. in Huntley, Ill., in January.

The RE/MAX Plaza brokerage chain recently grew to three offices after its broker/owner, Rob Schaid, purchased the existing RE/MAX office in the Lake County community of Wauconda, Ill.

There is a new way of buying and selling homes in Douglas County! Coldwell Banker has formed a strategic alliance with Illini Community Insurance to offer Douglas County a new choice in realty.

CHICAGO, May 21, 2013 – RE/MAX has launched a new stand-alone website for luxury properties.

CHICAGO, May 17, 2013 – RE/MAX brokers claimed a substantial share of the honors when the Chicago Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.) announced its annual awards for sales accomplishments in 2012.

CHICAGO, May 16, 2013 – Twenty RE/MAX brokerages serving the metropolitan Chicago real estate market as part of the RE/MAX network in northern Illinois were among those recognized in the 2013 REAL Trends 500 analysis of the nation’s most productive...

CHICAGO, May 6, 2013 – The website for the RE/MAX Northern Illinois network, Illinoisproperty.com, has announced that its listings are now part of the first truly global online real estate resource for consumers: www.global.remax.com, which hosts...

CHICAGO, May 3, 2013 – The 3rd Annual Michelle Radke Benefit in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH) and Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago will be held from 12:30 to 6 p.m.

CHICAGO, May 2, 2013 – The public can visit the newest RE/MAX brokerage in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market, RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest in Huntley, Ill., during an open-house event on May 16. The open house will run from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.

CHICAGO, May 1, 2013 – Lissa Weinstein, a Chicago real estate broker and luxury home specialist with RE/MAX Premier Properties in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, relies on two strategies to serve the owners and buyers of high-end homes in the city,...

CHICAGO, April 30, 2013 – The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will pay a May 14 visit to Aurora Christian School, 2255 Sullivan Road, Aurora, Ill., where the balloon crew will present an interactive educational program developed and sponsored by the RE/MAX real...

CHICAGO, April 23, 2013 – The RE/MAX real estate network in northern Illinois recently presented special honors for technology leadership and to those whose websites have excelled in attracting visitors.

CHICAGO, April 22, 2013 – The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will pay an April 26 visit to the Maud E.

CHICAGO, April 15, 2013 – Six RE/MAX brokerages operating 19 offices in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market are among the top performing firms across the United States recognized in the 2013 RISMedia Power Broker Report, which was published...

CHICAGO, April 17, 2013 – The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will visit Annunciation BVM Catholic Elementary School, 1840 Church Road, Aurora, Ill., on April 22, where the balloon crew will present an interactive educational program developed and sponsored by...

CHICAGO, April 11, 2013 – The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network recently presented outstanding performance honors to affiliates and offices at the RE/MAX Northern Illinois 36th Annual Awards Ceremony, held Feb.

CHICAGO, April 9, 2013 – RE/MAX recently presented a select group of broker associates in its northern Illinois real estate network with its Pioneer Club award.

CHICAGO, April 4, 2013 – RE/MAX Impact of Lockport, Ill., is among those businesses to join the trend that is reshaping and revitalizing the downtown areas of so many suburbs across the Chicago area.

CHICAGO, April 3, 2013 – The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will visit Ralston Elementary School, 710 Ralston Road, Machesney Park, Ill., on April 12, where the balloon crew will present an interactive educational program developed and sponsored by the RE/MAX...

CHICAGO, April 4, 2013 – Aaron Vanderbilt is the latest leading Chicago real estate broker to join RE/MAX Premier Properties, 1205 N. Dearborn Pkwy. The Gold Coast brokerage is headed by broker/owners Janice Corley and Cynthia Bauer.

CHICAGO, April 3, 2013 – The new year brought good news for metro Chicago real estate home sellers: The Illinois Association of Realtors® (IAR) reported that Chicago-area home prices and sales rose in January and February.

RE/MAX recently honored its affiliated brokers in northern Illinois whose commercial property sales achievements in 2012 earned them coveted spots in the year-end Commercial Top...

The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network donated $129,000 in 2012 to the Ann & Robert H.

CHICAGO, March 14, 2013 – The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network recently honored its associates whose 2012 residential sales achievements earned them coveted spots in its year-end Residential Top 20.

CHICAGO, March 13, 2013 – The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will pay a March 25 visit to St. Nicholas of Tolentine School, 3741 W.

The pace of January home sales in the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market continued the positive trend seen over the last nine months, according to an analysis by RE/MAX.

Whether buyers are moving to the suburbs from the city or have lived in the suburbs all their lives, those buyers want to be near Elmhurst's downtown.

First-time home buyers have long been an important part of the housing market. And that hasn’t changed today.

Move-up buyers (who own a home but are looking for something larger or in a more desirable location) are returning to the market but with a much different mindset than they had during the housing boom, according to RE/MAX.

RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, a leader in the Chicago real estate market, will add its fifth location when the brokerage opens a new office at 12376 Princeton Dr. in Huntley, Ill., in January.

Is holding an open house during the holidays a waste of time, or can it really help sell your home? Many home sellers and real estate agents will be asking themselves that question in the weeks to come.

A growing number of parents are helping their children purchase homes today, whether they’re buying these homes for their sons and daughters outright, helping them pay for closing costs or coming up with the money for their down payments.

Jim Cesarek, Tim McCaslin and John Rosengren, the owners of RE/MAX Sauk Valley in Sterling, Ill., have expanded their brokerage by acquiring the RE/MAX franchise in nearby Dixon, Ill.

RE/MAX Top Properties is marking the grand opening of its new office at 101 Waverly St. in Morris, Ill., with a celebration that will run from 1 to 3 p.m. on Aug. 26.

Sharon Esslinger, RE/MAX Country Crossroads, Viola, Ill., was honored for closing more residential sales transactions in 2011 than any other RE/MAX agent in northern Illinois outside the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market.

RE/MAX Sauk Valley, 110 E. Lynn Blvd., Sterling, Ill., captured several top honors at the 35th annual awards ceremony held this April by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network.

Broker/Owner Tom Humpal of RE/MAX Property Source in Rockford and Belvidere, Ill., received the prestigious “Above the Crowd!®” Award at the 35th Annual RE/MAX Northern Illinois awards ceremony in late April.

Diane Duggan, office manager at RE/MAX 1st Choice in Ottawa, Ill., recently was named Administrative Professional of the Year for 2011 by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network.

As the commercial real estate market recovers in northern Illinois, one class of commercial buildings that is seeing increased activity are medical office buildings, urgent care centers, hospital expansions and other forms of healthcare real estate.

The commercial real estate market throughout the Northern Illinois region is in the midst of a steady but slow recovery. One sector that is anything but sluggish today is the multi-family market.

RE/MAX agents were the market-share leaders for listed homes sold in both DeKalb and Grundy counties in northern Illinois during 2011.

Northern Illinois can expect fewer empty storefronts in 2012. Renters will have fewer vacant apartments from which to choose and should expect to pay more to rent the units that are on the market.

RE/MAX affiliates from offices in Geneseo, Genoa and Rock Falls, Ill., recently earned career awards from RE/MAX, the leading international real estate organization. The awards were based on the agents’ continued success in real estate sales.

The RE/MAX Plaza brokerage chain recently grew to three offices after its broker/owner, Rob Schaid, purchased the existing RE/MAX office in the Lake County community of Wauconda, Ill.

If your home will be for sale this winter, it is important to master certain seasonal issues that are less significant or even non-existent at other times of the year. Here are 10 bits of sage advice from RE/MAX agents.

The chances of turning a home sales contract into a completed sale increase substantially when obstacles that block the path to the closing table are successfully overcome, according to a RE/MAX analysis of trends in the Illinois real estate market.

Kathy Dames, a 27-year Illinois real estate veteran, will open her own RE/MAX office in Shorewood, Ill., when RE/MAX Ultimate Professionals debuts in November at 576 Brookforest Ave. in the Brookforest Plaza shopping center.

The Helen Oliveri Team, From Glenview, Illinois Had an Impressive 149 of Closed Sales and is on Their Way to Becoming One of Cook and Lake County Areas Top Real Estate Professionals

Illinois real estate company RE/MAX Professional Advantage, a top real estate brokerage in Byron, Ill., moved to a new location in August to help strengthen its leadership position.

There is a new way of buying and selling homes in Douglas County! Coldwell Banker has formed a strategic alliance with Illini Community Insurance to offer Douglas County a new choice in realty.

The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will visit St. Mary’s School, 704 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, IL,on Sept. 16, where the balloon crew will present an interactive educational program developed and sponsored by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network.

RE/MAX Property Source, Rockford, has acquired the local office of RE/MAX Key and renamed it RE/MAX Property Source. The office has been relocated to 411 S. State St. in downtown Belvidere, the former office of State Rep. Ron Waite.

RE/MAX agents in the northern Illinois real estate market say that homeowners can take several steps to increase their home's appeal both inside and out spending $100 or less.