9/8/14
Last Thursday an Ethics Hearing Panel of the Professional Standards Committee of the Chicago Association of Realtors (“CAR”) heard my complaint that a Realtor...
9/5/12
The Chicago Association of Realtors (CAR), an organization that we’ve repeatedly suggested is ethically challenged, just sent an email news release announcing that it...
8/23/12
Baird & Warner’s Facebook page alerted us to a video of real estate agents slugging it out on the streets of Beijing. The Sydney...
4/15/12
A week ago we wondered whether the Chicago Association of Realtors (CAR) was fostering trademark fraud. CAR has since removed the offending use of...
4/9/12
Real estate agents often have a long list of acronyms corresponding to “professional” designations following their names. My generally-accurate rule of thumb is: the...
5/3/11
We’ve written before about a rental service bedbug by the name of Ginger Summers who litters Craigslist with 1,000s of ads. A number of...
3/4/11
Chicago Agent Magazine followed up on our questioning of the Chicago Association of Realtors (“CAR”) commitment to the standards of professionalism set forth in...
3/3/11
Our post last week questioning the Chicago Association of Realtors (“CAR”) commitment to the NAR Code of Ethics apparently prompted an e-mail to agents,...
8/11/10
Yesterday the Chicago Association of Realtors announced the two newest inductees into its Hall of Fame: Buzz Ruttenberg, founder of Belgravia Group, and Mike...
6/9/10
In late May the Chicago Association of Realtors handed out Good Neighbor Awards to dozens of new commercial and residential projects throughout the city...
4/20/10
The Chicago Association of Realtors has scheduled a two-day “Heroes Welcome Home” program for next month that will teach Realtors how to address the...
2/4/10
When you get down to it, everyone who attended last week’s Chicago Association of Realtors‘ 2010 Economic Forecast panel wanted to know the same...
2/2/10
Michael Hart’s presentation to the Chicago Association of Realtors during last week’s 2010 Economic Forecast panel was heavy on slides and charts, none of...
2/1/10
If you feel like you’re hearing a different story about the “real” market conditions every time a new report hits the news wire, you’re...
1/29/10
A real estate recovery will be difficult without job creation, and Illinois entered the recent economic downturn with one distinct disadvantage: It never really...
1/15/10
After running through all the things in a buyer’s favor in today’s market — low prices, low interest rates, and government incentives — Genie...
1/12/10
What advice would Chicago Association of Realtors President Genie Birch give a buyer who’s entering the market for the first time? For one, buyers...
1/11/10
In this segment from our recent interview, Chicago Association of Realtors President Genie Birch talks about the challenges of being a Realtor in 2010,...
1/8/10
For much of 2009, Chicago Association of Realtors President David Hanna publicly criticized federal lending guidelines that hampered buyers’ efforts to purchase condominiums in...
1/7/10
Yesterday I sat down with Koenig & Strey agent and Chicago Association of Realtors President Genie Birch to talk about the ups and downs...