The Chicagoland real estate scene is welcoming some new leaders to one of the metropolitan area’s largest brokerages @properties Christie’s International Real Estate. On Monday, the firm announced the appointment of Jim Barcelona as its new executive vice president of brokerage services. Barcelona’s

A new marketplace platform is looking to improve transparency and accessibility for investors of all sizes looking to purchase investment or fix-and-flip properties. Launched earlier this month, Rezzie touts itself as the “Zillow of off-market real estate.” The marketplace provides sellers with a pl

We got the first jobs report of the year, and it was so strong that the number of jobs created in January is almost more than all of the jobs created in 2025! At first glance, that might seem like the jobs data had a heroic beat of estimates, but the reality is that while the jobs numbers did beat e

President Donald Trump has drawn a firm line on housing policy — he doesn’t want prices to fall, even as affordability concerns dominate voter surveys and construction slows nationwide. “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes, and