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EUGENE, OR - February 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Sue Tretter have joined forces to revolutionize the way Bloomington, Illinois home seekers search for properties online, by adding the innovative IDX Broker software to the website Tretter hosts. As a member of the Bloomington-Normal MLS (BNARMLS), Tretter has long had access to the detailed property listings through their professional database.

SPRINGFIELD, IL WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- REALTOR® John Vranas, owner of Vranas Ventures Inc., a property management company in Chicago, has been named the 2013 Illinois REALTOR® of the Year by the Illinois Association of REALTORS®.

SPRINGFIELD, IL - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- REALTOR® and appraiser Gerald N. Perlow, CPM, CRB, GRI, MAI, senior consultant with Property Valuation Services in the Chicago area, received the Illinois Association of REALTORS® Political Involvement Award Jan. 23.

SPRINGFIELD, IL - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois home sales increased 15.2 percent over previous-year levels in December and median prices increased 5.6 percent, according to the Illinois Association of REALTORS®.

Chicago, IL - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- HomeFinder.com, Chicago-based digital real estate search site, recently partnered with a local food truck to offer free lunch to the area’s most in-demand developers, marketers and sales professionals, in exchange for checking out opportunities at a self-proclaimed “grown-up startup.” The event kicked off HomeFinder.com’s 2013 recruitment efforts and provided lunch recipients a glimpse into the company’s creative thinking and fun culture

Northbrook, IL - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm specializing in single tenant assets, has completed the sale of a triple net leased Culver’s property located at 501 Pingree Road, Crystal Lake, Illinois for $1,990,000.

EUGENE, OR - January 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has forever changed the way Vandalia, Illinois home seekers find their dream home, by supplying Keith Schaal with his own customizable IDX solution. The IDX Broker software integrated onto the website of Schaal extracts raw listing data directly from the Southwestern Illinois Regional MLS (SIRMLS) and displays it online.

EUGENE, OR - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and IDX, Inc. have joined forces to display thousands of Chicago, Illinois area properties on the website of real estate broker Michael Kaufman. As a leader in the Illinois real estate market, his dedication to professionalism and serving his clients and their every realty need is now reflected in his addition of IDX Broker software.

Chicago, IL - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chicago Agent releases the highly anticipated 2012 online edition of its Real Data residential reference guide. Chicago Agent magazine released the highly anticipated annual edition of Real Data, the premiere residential reference guide that provides the industries most sought-after stats

Chicago, IL - November 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined 41 of her counterparts in calling on Congress to extend tax relief for homeowners who have mortgage debt canceled or forgiven because of financial hardship or declining home values.

Torrance, CA - November 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest and fastest growing full-service national commercial real estate providers, has closed a $7 million industrial sale at 2230-2300 Ridge Drive in Glenview, Ill.

Chicago, IL - October 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a senior attorney in her office was honored by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for her leadership in securing a landmark $25 billion national settlement to help struggling homeowners.

Torrance, CA - September 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country with regional expertise, has closed a 145,000-square-foot industrial sale at 903 Carlow Drive in Bolingbrook, Ill. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

SPRINGFIELD, IL - September 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home sales in the state rose 23.7 percent over previous year levels, part of a 14-month run of sales increases according to data released today by the Illinois Association of REALTORS®.

Chicago, IL - August 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Chicago Agent magazine survey found that there are a few signs the market may be coming back. Some of the highlights include Agents are making a higher average annual salary of $95,000, just 15 percent less than pre-recession average income of about $111,000