Yearly Archives: 2012

The Boulder Group Named Exclusive Advisor for Net Leased GSA Property Sale

April 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a national net lease investment brokerage firm, has been named the exclusive advisor for the sale of a single tenant net leased industrial building solely occupied by the GSA (Internal Revenue Service) at 1021 North Mitsubishi Motorway in Bloomington, Illinois.

Governor Quinn Announces Up to $13 Million in New Relief for Southern Illinois Communities

HARRISBURG - April 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- At the direction of Governor Pat Quinn, the heads of a number of state agencies today announced in Harrisburg up to $13 million of financial aid and construction projects to help families, businesses and local governments recover from the deadly tornado that ravaged several Southern Illinois communities on Feb. 29. The package put together at the Governor’s instruction includes reimbursements to local governments for some of their disaster-related expenses, road improvements, grants to help homeowners repair or rebuild damaged homes, and low-interest business loans to create jobs and help businesses recover.

Realtor Jim Dace and IDX, Inc. join to streamline real estate searches for Midlothian,...

EUGENE, OR - April 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realtor Jim Dace brings advanced functionality to his Midlothian, Illinois real estate website with the addition of IDX Broker software. This unique and innovative Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology has the ability to extract raw listing data from the Midwest Real Estate Data MLS (MRED), and formats the information onto Hanna's website, to be displayed to potential homebuyers as though it is seamlessly integrated. Home seekers in Midlothian and surrounding areas will now have access to thousands of the most current property listings and details on the market, and all from the convenience of Jim Dace’s website.

Lee & Associates Completes $6.5 Million Industrial Lease

Torrance, CA - March 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has completed a long-term 91-month lease for a 298,123-square-foot industrial space located at 284 Lies Road in Carol Stream.

Governor Quinn Addresses Illinois Association of Realtors Emphasizes Administration’s Commitment to Affordable Housing and...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat Quinn today addressed the Illinois Association of Realtors Conference in Springfield. March is Affordable Housing Month, and the Governor’s remarks emphasized his administration’s commitment to creating affordable homeownership opportunities and foreclosure assistance programs.

Chicago home sales surge on last day of February; last-minute transactions add to already...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A surge of activity on Leap Day drove home sales to even higher levels in the state, according to data collected by the Illinois Association of REALTORS®.

RE/MAX Agents Led DeKalb and Grundy Counties Markets In Residential Listings Sold During 2011

CHICAGO, IL - March 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX agents were the market-share leaders for listed homes sold in both DeKalb and Grundy counties in northern Illinois during 2011. RE/MAX agents listed 19 percent of homes sold in DeKalb County and 23.3 percent of listings sold in Grundy based on all transactions recorded by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC.

House Passes Quigley Bill to Cut Wasteful Federal Property Spending

WASHINGTON, DC - March 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Legislation authored by U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) to cut wasteful federal property spending that costs taxpayers $1.7 billion annually was passed by the House of Representatives. Rep. Quigley was the lead Democratic author of the Excess Federal Building and Property Disposal Act of 2011 (H.R. 665).

Illinois sees 15.1 percent increase in home sales; strongest February sales report since 2008,...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - March 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois recorded an eighth consecutive month of year-over-year increases in home sales, according to data released today by the Illinois Association of REALTORS®.

Nearly $478,000 in Veterans Cash lottery proceeds awarded to 10 groups to support Illinois...

SPRINGFIELD - March 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) today announced $477,752 in grants from Veterans’ Cash scratch-off lottery ticket sales to help 10 non-profits deliver specialized programs and services for Illinois’ veterans.

The Boulder Group Named Exclusive Advisor for Net Leased Allstate Property Sale

Woodridge, IL - March 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a national net lease investment brokerage firm, has been named the exclusive advisor for the sale of a single tenant net leased office building solely occupied by Allstate at 9022 Heritage Parkway in Woodridge, Illinois.

Geneseo, Genoa and Rock Falls Agents Honored by RE/MAX for Career Achievements

CHICAGO, IL - March 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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.

RE/MAX Names Newest Recipients of Career Achievement Honors In Metro Chicago Real Estate Market

CHICAGO, IL - March 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX recently announced the names of the most recent group of its affiliates at offices across the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market who have earned career achievement honors.

RE/MAX Retained No. 1 Rank in Home Sales Across the Metro Chicago Real Estate...

Chicago, IL - March 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network once again led the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market in home sales during the year just ended. RE/MAX agents sold 12,337 listed residences, easily outdistancing any other brokerage organization. RE/MAX has held the number one position, based on listings sold in the metro Chicago real estate market, since area-wide MLS data was first available in 1994.

Governor Quinn Announces Illinois Among Top 10 States for Corporate Locations in National Survey...

CHICAGO, IL - March 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat Quinn today announced that the state of Illinois and Chicago have been named among the top 10 locations for new and expanded corporate facilities. Illinois ranked seventh among states, an improvement over last year’s eighth place ranking, and Chicago second in the metropolitan areas category in the annual analysis by Site Selection magazine, one of the nation’s premier corporate real estate and economic development publications

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Investigation by CHA and HUD Inspectors General ends with guilty plea...

The Chicago Housing Authority will receive restitution for money stolen by a former contractor and her husband after the pair pleaded guilty to stealing funds intended for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, a crime that was exposed following an investigation by the CHA’s Office of the Inspector General.

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