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How much did your real estate agent earn last year? Chances are, he or she got a raise — a big one, at least on paper. In a report that some in the industry believe is an indicator that the housing market is recovering, the National Association of Realtors says that its typical member earned about 25 percent more in 2012 than in 2011, which is only the second gain in the past decade. Unfort

CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday - she lost. Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg claim that Trump cheated her in a condo bait-and-switch scheme. The federal jury in Chicago returned with a finding in Trump favor. Goldberg, of Evanston, had sought

Homebuyers who were on the sidelines have turned optimistic and are back in the game, and results are showing up in a strengthened housing market, as reported Thursday by the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development.   New, single-family home sales in April were at a seasonally adjusted rate of 454,000, up 2.3 percent from the revised March rate of 444,000 and 29 percent ab

Updated: May 23, 2013 11:25AM WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes rose in April to the second-highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering. New-home sales rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000 in April, the Commerce Department said Thursday. That was up 2.3 pe