Coal City-area REALTOR® Cindy Klein made her television debut on Dec. 7 in an episode of HGTV’s My Lottery Dream Home. Season 5, episode 13 is titled, “Four-Million-Dollar Smile.” “I enjoyed the experience more than I can express,” said Klein, [...]

Six local charities will benefit from donations collected by the Kankakee-Iroquois-Ford Association of REALTORS® (KIFAR) at its Christmas dinner and auction last Thursday. A total of $3,390 will be split between the Salvation Army of Kankakee County, Hospice of Kankakee [...]

Illinois REALTORS® will release its November 2018 Illinois Housing Report Wednesday morning, with data breakdowns for the state of Illinois, city of Chicago and the nine-county Chicago Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA). Also included will be a housing market forecast [...]

This is the fourth in a series of stories about Illinois REALTORS® Who Made a Difference in 2018. Dixon's Vicky Turner and Peoria's Sheryl Grider Whitehurst helped guide the Illinois REALTORS® Bicentennial Task Force again in 2018 while Chicago's Jim [...]

  Former Illinois REALTORS® President Ron Hardgrove, who served for a decade as director of real estate for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulations, died Friday in Peoria. He was 76. Hardgrove was president of the state association in 2002, and served [...]

In February, Gov. Bruce Rauner named six Illinois REALTORS® to the Illinois Real Estate Administration and Disciplinary (READ) board. As part of their new responsibilities, Denise Akason, Joe Castillo, Laura Ellis, David Maloof, Carol Meinhart and Michael Prodehl reviewed disciplinary [...]

This is the second in a series of blog posts that highlight Illinois REALTORS® Who Made a Difference in 2018. Check this blog daily through December to see them all. In early October, Chicago REALTOR® Michael LaFargue and Naperville REALTOR® [...]