The metropolitan Chicago real estate market enjoyed a solid six months of home sales activity during the last half of 2011, recovering from a lackluster performance during the January-June period to achieve a small increase in transactions for the year, according to an analysis of home-sales data by RE/MAX. A total of 70,137 detached and attached ... (more)

Anne Oliver , a Realtor with Wilton's Halstead Property, was recently named 2011 Realtor of the Year by the Mid-Fairfield County Association of Realtors .

A Coldwell Banker real estate agent and two colleagues recently launched a website called Deals Around Town designed to connect customers with local small businesses while allowing owners of those establishments to market their products and services online free of charge .

Nadine Tanen , a Realtor with The Higgins Group and Vanderblue Team , was installed as the 2012 CT State president of the Women's Council of Realtors .

Office rents in Beijing are more expensive than New York after rising 75 percent last year as China's rapid economic growth sparked strong demand, an international real estate company said.

As the region's economy improves and some sections of the real-estate market show signs of stability and growth, banks are cautiously beginning to lend again.