Following are recent disciplinary actions taken by the Real Estate Division of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Visit their website for more details and the most current disciplinary action. Real estate managing broker license fined $1,000 for failure [...]
Legal case studies this issue: brokers were not entitled to commissions on renewal of lease, blind plaintiff’s suit against Domino’s Pizza website allowed to proceed, appeal of suit dismissing challenge to Chicago’s short-term rental ordinance not reviewable, seller had [...]
Illinois REALTORS®’ Legal Hotline has received a number of calls from members wanting to slow their practices down or retire altogether. If you are in this camp, or know someone who is, what are some steps to take, and [...]
Illinois REALTORS provided Independent Expenditure support to 20 candidates in the 2019 Municipal Elections. Thirteen of them won their respective races. The victorious candidates were: Chicago Aldermanic candidates Greg Mitchell, Raymond Lopez, Stephanie Coleman, Ariel Reboyras, Samantha [...]
There is a letter circulating in northern Illinois encouraging real estate brokers to become title insurance agents. On the question as to whether a person can be a real estate broker and a title insurance agent, the answer is [...]
Legal case studies this issue: commercial tenant may waive lessor’s statutory requirement to mitigate damage; warranty of habitability to subcontractors; owners’ oral agreement to rent property must be unanimous; six-month delay in issuing weed citation did not violate due [...]
Illinois REALTORS® has been fielding many questions related to tenants who have service or emotional support animals and whether the landlord can deny an otherwise qualified applicant on that basis. The general answer to that question, is no. [...]
A recent case study involves a reversal of a trial court decision where the trial court originally dismissed a case against Domino’s Pizza alleging that Domino’s website and mobile app were not sufficiently accessible to a person with [...]
