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SPRINGFIELD, IL - April 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home sales in Illinois rose for the second consecutive month in March showing some momentum heading into the spring market, while sales remain lower than last year’s heightened totals from the tax credit.

EUGENE, OR - April 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Joydine Keller have teamed up to create a thorough and comprehensive online property search page for Chicago, Illinois home seekers to explore. Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) listings are synced to the website of Keller with the dynamic IDX Broker software, integrating thousands of area property listings directly on the page of Keller. Home seekers can experience an online property search comparable to none without ever leaving the comfort of their home or the convenience of the IDX enabled website Keller supports

EUGENE, OR - April 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) listings are now more accessible than ever before, thanks to IDX, Inc. and Kevin Conners. The dynamic duo of real estate, has supplied Chicago, Illinois home seekers with the IDX enabled website of Conners. MRED listing data is extracted via IDX Broker software and seamlessly displayed on the search page Conners represents. Never again will potential buyers experience a fruitless or complicated online property search, thanks to the ease and efficiency Conners provides with his IDX solution. His custom real estate search page with IDX Broker has forever changed the way Chicago buyers search for homes online.

EUGENE, OR - April 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chicago, Illinois area properties are now conveniently displayed on one easy-to-use website, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and Aaron Nemirow of The Nemirow Group. Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) listings are synced seamlessly to the search page enabled by IDX, creating a comprehensive online database of properties for Nemirow's clients to search. The IDX solution customized to fit the functionality his website has allowed Nemirow to provide his clients and other potential Chicago buyers with unprecedented access to MRED listings, search tools and other IDX-hosted features.

MISSION VIEJO, CA - April 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hammerhouse LLC, an expanding national recruiting and strategic growth firm for the financial service industry with mortgage sales and leadership placement at its core, announced today it has expanded its national footprint by opening a new regional office in Chicago, IL. This new office, the company’s third in the U.S., will be managed by John Van Tassel, Vice President Strategic Growth and will work with both national and regional clients to help grow their sales leadership, production teams and branch networks.

SPRINGFIELD, IL - March 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- February home sales in Illinois rose from January while year-over-year comparisons still reflect an impact from the homebuyer tax credit incentive. The single family market shows signs of stabilization with steady median price gains statewide in the first two months of the year compared to 2009 and 2010 levels.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Elijah Cummings (MD-7) introduced a bill that would increase transparency in property records and save the federal government billions of dollars simply by selling or disposing of unwanted government-owned property.

Chicago, IL - March 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- February home sales in the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market registered mild declines when measured against January of this year and February of last year, according to an analysis of sales data by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network. The analysis looked at all sales recorded by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC, which is the regional multiple listing service

SPRINGFIELD, IL - March 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Illinois Association of REALTORS® (IAR) today released new data that shows mortgage loans above the current conforming limit have not led to an increase in foreclosures in the Chicagoland region as some have previously thought. The data provides evidence to support those advocating for an increase in conventional loan limits in select areas of northern Illinois.

Washington, DC - March 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Realtors® month-long Home Ownership Matters Bus Tour kicks off this weekend in Chicago outside of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show on Saturday, March 5. Chicagoans can speak with NAR leaders and invited local officials about the housing issues that matter to them, as well as learn about how public policy developments in Washington could affect their ability to buy, sell and own a home

CHICAGO, IL - March 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With spring around the corner, it’s an ideal time for first-time homebuyers and Veterans to take advantage of a statewide affordable loan program available through the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA). SmartMove loan programs enable residents across the state to benefit from historically low interest rates and home prices. SmartMove features down payment assistance and interest rates as low as 4.5 percent

Torrance, CA - February 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has completed a 10-year lease for a 48,300-square-foot build-to-suit industrial building located within the Fox River Business Center on Airport Road in Elgin. The value of the transaction is undisclosed.

CHICAGO, IL - February 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Illinois Department of Insurance is reminding homeowners and renters to prepare for the possibility of a spring flood by checking existing homeowner and renter policy coverage and determining whether to add flood insurance.

EUGENE, OR - February 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Chicago, Illinois real estate market just became simpler and more accessible, through the partnership between IDX, Inc. and Broker Dorothy Jarog. As a member of the Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Jarog has long had access to thousands of property listings. Now, her clients and other area home seekers can receive and view the same detailed listings with the click of a mouse, on her convenient and easy-to-use real estate search. Jarog has drastically simplified the online real estate market by adopting IDX Broker software for her real estate website. Never again will potential Chicago buyers be unable to find the perfect property online, thanks to her IDX solution.

EUGENE, OR - February 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) listings are now easier than ever to search for, thanks to the innovative IDX Broker software IDX, Inc. has incorporated onto the website of Constance Antoniou. As a Chicago, Illinois real estate broker, Antoniou has continuously made the right decisions for the growth of her business and the satisfaction of her clients, and her adoption of a customized IDX solution is no different. As an MRED affiliate, Antoniou has long had access to thousands of Chicago area properties, and with her addition of IDX Broker software to her website. the same convenience and accessibility that was once restricted to only agents and brokers is now readily available to all her clients. Finding a home in Illinois and Wisconsin has never been easier, with the IDX-enabled website of Antoniou.