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4/29/12	Short Sales Gaining on Foreclosures
	Chicago Tribune \| By Mary Ellen Podmolik
	Short sales are back in vogue.Once a term that was barely in the real estate industry's vernacular, they took off three years ago. That was followed by a long period of complaints about how difficult they were to get done. Agents on the listing and buy sides steered clear of them, and potential buyers did too.

4/24/12	Finances - Who Needs To Know?
	San Angelo Standard Times \| By Marilyn Kennedy Melia
	It’s business, not personal. Still, opening every aspect of your financial life to a mortgage lender can feel very personal, not to mention intimidating. So why would homebuyers be willing to share secrets of their financial life with even more people beside their lender?

4/22/12	RE / MAX Rapporten die Multi-Unit Eigenschappen Thrive in Noord-Illinois Real Estate Market
	Zelf je huis verkopen
	De markt voor commercieel vastgoed in de Northern Illinois regio is in het midden van een gestage, maar langzame herstel. Een sector die allesbehalve traag vandaag is de multi-family markt.

4/20/12	Year of the landlord: Multi-family properties are a good investment
	Sun Tmes Media
	It's been several years since anyone has thought real estate was a good buy, but lately savvy investors have been turning to multi-family properties, where growth is expected to be steady over the next few years. Investors continue to sink their dollars into apartment buildings around Chicagoland because they are among the top-performing assets in the region, according to Re/Max of Northern Illinois reports.

12/19/11	November Home Sales Rise 8.1%: RE/MAX
	TheMReport.com \| By Ryan Schuette
	November home sales rose 8.1 percent year-over-year as markets began to stabilize, according to a recent housing report from RE/MAX.

12/15/11	Blueprint for 100 Deals Part 8: Listings - There's No Second Place
	RISMedia \| By Alan Shafran and Rick Bengson
	In the world of listings, the silver medal means absolutely nothing. It pays less than nothing. And, in fact, it actually costs you, because of all those wasted hours (and gas for your car, materials for the listing presentation, etc).

11/30/11	RE/MAX Agents Share Ten Ways to Get the Best of Winter When Selling...
	NewsGuide.us
	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 that can help put a “Sold” sticker on that yard sign. Holiday decorations can help homes sell, but don’t go to excess.

11/30/11	Jennifer Hudson Buying in Burr Ridge
	Chicago Magazine \| By Dennis Rodkin
	Jennifer Hudson, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer and actress who got her start on American Idol, has a contract pending on a 12,000-square-foot home in Burr Ridge that was for sale at $2.795 million.

11/29/11	Tips for Selling Homes in a Cool Market.
	Wall Street Journal \| By Dawn Wotapka
	Let’s face it: This isn’t the best time of year to sell a home. (It isn’t the best market, either. But that’s another story.)

11/11/11	TV anchor sells North Side home
	Chicago Tribune \| Bob Goldsborough
	WBBM-Ch. 2 news anchor Roseanne Tellez has sold her four-bedroom house in the Roscoe Village neighborhood on the North Side for $910,000 less than six months after she listed it for $1.15 million.

11/09/11	RE/MAX Wins Three Agents’ Choice Awards, Including Best Brokerage Web...
	World Book and News
	The RE/MAX metro Chicago real estate network took home three top honors during the sixth annual Chicago Agent Magazine Agents' Choice Awards.

10/20/11	Home sales rise in Chicago as prices fall
	REJournals.com
	Home sales in the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market continued their third-quarter surge in September. RE/MAX reports that home sales for the month were 12.6 percent higher than in the same period of 2010, while sales for the full third quarter of 2011 were up 19.3 percent from the same period last year, based on an analysis of sales reported by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC (MRED).

8/29/11	Real estate broker confronts Obama on housing
	Inman News \| By Mary Umberger
	If, as Andy Warhol said, everyone eventually gets their 15 minutes of fame, LuAnn Lavine is getting hers.

8/11/11	Franchise Sales Continue to Grow at RE/MAX
	Yahoo! Finance
	Even though the housing market continues to search for solid footing, global real estate franchisor, RE/MAX, continues to experience growth in its network.

8/07/11	J.D. Power and Associates Study Names RE/MAX Highest in Customer Satisfaction in 2011
	PR.com
	J.D. Power and Associates Study recognizes RE/MAX for providing the highest overall consumer satisfaction for both home buyers and home sellers in 2011.

7/07/11	RE/MAX Balloon at Lisle “Eyes to the Skies” Festival
	CBS Chicago
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5/11/11	Students Blown Away by Hot Air Balloon Presentation
	BarringtonPatch
	Hot air balloon pilots from RE/MAX gave an educational presentation to students at Roslyn Road Elementary School on May 11.

5/1/11	Chicago Real Estate Office RE/MAX Edge Merges RE/MAX NorthCoast, Chicago, Expanding Market Presence
	American Banking News
	RE/MAX Edge in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood continues to grow and expand, especially in light of its recent merger with RE/MAX NorthCoast, an established brokerage in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. The merger will strengthen the brokerage's position in the Chicago real estate market.

4/28/11	Slower First Quarter Home Sales in Metro Chicago Real Estate Market Don't Tell Full Story, RE/MAX Reports
	RealEstateRama
	First quarter home sales and median home prices in the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market both registered declines of 11 percent when compared to the same period in 2010, but those figures don't tell the whole story, according to an analysis by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate estate network.

4/26/11	RE/MAX Agents Increase Their Share of C.A.R. Awards for Chicago Real Estate Sales Success in 2010
	PRLog.org
	Agents affiliated with the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network increased their share of honors when the Chicago Association of Realtors® recently announced its annual sales awards based on 2010 achievements in Chicago real estate sales.

4/21/11	Students Blown Away by Hot Air Balloon Presentation - Video
	Barrington Patch
	Hot air balloon pilots from RE/MAX gave an educational presentation to students at Roslyn Road Elementary School on May 11.

4/21/11	RE/MAX Metro Chicago Real Estate Network's Hot Air Balloon to Visit Roslyn Road School in Barrington on May 11
	Trib Local Barrington
	The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will visit Roslyn Road Elementary School, 224 Roslyn Road, in Barrington, Ill., on May 11, where the balloon crew will present an interactive educational program developed and sponsored by the RE/MAX metro Chicago real estate network.

3/21/11	Rent Prices Poised to Skyrocket: Brian Ban
	Fox Chicago News
	There are reports that the next phase of the housing market's collapse may be upon us. The website rent.com reports former homeowners now flocking to the rental market means there are fewer rental units available.

2/21/11	Metro Chicago Real Estate Market Holding Its Own
	Chicagoland Real Estate Forum
	Last month’s Chicago area home sales saw a decline compared to sales during the same month last year, but that’s not necessarily bad news.

2/15/11	Ex-Sox Linebrink lists Hinsdale home
	Elite Street \| By Bob Goldsborough
	Former Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Scott Linebrink has listed his 11-room house in Hinsdale for $825,000.The Sox traded Linebrink, 34, on Dec. 3 to the Atlanta Braves. Now, the middle reliever has decided to sell his home, which he bought in 2008 for $815,000.Listing agent David Ricordati of RE/MAX Elite, who is co-listing the house with his wife, Kathy, confirmed that Linebrink put the five-bedroom house on the market on Feb. 4.

2/12/11	Four honored by Re/Max
	Chicago Sun-Times
	JOLIET — Re/Max affiliates from offices across the seven-county metro Chicago real estate market recently earned career awards from Re/Max.

2/01/11	RE/MAX Reports 2010 Home Sales had Biggest Rebound in North and West Suburbs of Metro Chicago Real Estate Market
	Benzinga
	Home sales in the metro Chicago real estate market turned in their strongest 2010 performance in the north suburbs and Kane County, according to an analysis by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network of transaction data from MRED, LLC, the regional multiple listing service.

1/07/11	Rent Prices Poised to Skyrocket
	FOX Chicago News
	There are reports that the next phase of the housing market's collapse may be upon us. The website rent.com reports former homeowners now flocking to the rental market means there are fewer rental units available. An analyst for the site says rents in some U.S. cities could jump as much as 10 percent. Brian Ban, real estate analyst and RE/MAX agent, breaks down the issue.

1/07/11	RE/MAX Villager in Glenview Adds 7 Northbrook Agents and Gains Ground in North Shore Real Estate Market
	American Banking & Market News
	RE/MAX Villager in Glenview, Ill., has announced the arrival of seven agents formerly affiliated with RE/MAX North in Northbrook. The additional agents will strengthen the position of the Glenview office in the North Shore real estate market.