Technology has become a big part of people’s lives, with it governing almost every aspect from the mundane daily tasks to bills-paying jobs. That’s why despite the housing market crash, real estate brokers have tried their best to balance cutting down on expenses and catching up with the continuously evolving technological advancements. This is the reason one Chicago brokerage has decided to merge its two offices in one location.
The latest among Chicago brokerage to adapt to the trend of real estate agents relying on technology to service clients, owner Jason …

Who says only the Trumps and the Rockefellers can make a go of the real estate industry? Even a high school dropout, with the right attitude and strategy, can make it big: Oak Brook business owner and successful real estate investor Tony Severino has proven so. Now, he’s ready to share his real estate know-how to the general public who also wants to make their marks in the real estate business.
Tony Severino – who has been buying real estate in the past 15 years, with his wife Lisa – is …

CHICAGO, IL (rejournalonline.com) The knowledge that one investor uses to buy property TODAY at low prices without his cash or bank loans to be revealed for the first time on the air
Oak Brook business owner and successful Real Estate Investor Tony Severino will be hosting a weekly radio show on AM 560 WIND. Tony and his wife Lisa have been buying real estate for over 15 years and are going to be bringing this knowledge and experience to the airways each week Sunday mornings @ 9 am

Tony Severino, and his …

Sales associates at offices in the southwest suburbs of the metropolitan Chicago real estate market were heavily represented in the RE/MAX Northern Illinois commercial real estate rankings for the first half of 2010. Tim Tynan of RE/MAX 10, Palos Park, Ill., and Al Vallejo of RE/MAX TEAM 2000, Orland Park, Ill., led the way, with six others from the southwest suburbs, including five from Orland Park, claiming spots in the mid-year Top 10.
Vallejo leads the top ranked sales team (a team involves the combined efforts of two or more …

Cathy Michaels, a Naperville real estate agent, stated that the Chicago area has seen an increase in home sales over that of last year. This increase in sales is happening as interest rates have reached historic lows.
According to a report from the Illinois Association of Realtors, the sale of Chicago area real estate has increased of 33.6% between May 2010 and May 2009.
In May 2010, the Chicago Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA) had 7,580 homes that were sold as compared to just 5,673 the year before. The PMSA statistics include …

CHICAGO, Holly Duran Real Estate Partners LLC (HDREP) announced today that Jeffrey Mulder, a licensed Illinois real estate broker, has joined the firm.
“We’re thrilled to bring Jeff’s experience and expertise, as well as his enthusiasm to HDREP,” said Holly Duran, principal of the firm. ”He has a sophisticated skill set and proven ability to counsel large institutional clients on complex transactions, as well as build valuable new business relationships.”
With a background in real estate finance, valuation, investment, acquisitions and dispositions, Mulder is serving as HDREP’s in-house financial specialist. A Certified …