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The residential segment of the metropolitan Chicago real estate market extended the upswing experienced in the first half of 2012 through the third quarter, registering the largest number of third-quarter home sales since 2007.

RE/MAX Synergy will host a grand-opening celebrating its new Flossmoor office location at 3327A Vollmer Road, Saturday, Oct. 20. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to the public.

September delivered the most promising results that the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market has seen in several years, according to an analysis by RE/MAX.

Nine RE/MAX agents based in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market were named by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals as ranking among the Top 250 Latino Real Estate Agents in the United States.

Communities served by METRA commuter trains have seen home sales bounce back faster than the Chicago suburban area as a whole, according to the fourth annual METRA Community Study by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network.

The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will visit Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School, 600 W. Lincoln Hwy., Hinckley, Ill., on Sept. 24.

Home sales in the seven-county metropolitan Chicago real estate market followed a familiar path in August, with more homes changing hands more quickly, according to an analysis by RE/MAX.

Jim Cesarek, Tim McCaslin and John Rosengren, the owners of RE/MAX Sauk Valley in Sterling, Ill., have expanded their brokerage by acquiring the RE/MAX franchise in nearby Dixon, Ill.

The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will visit Mahalia Jackson Elementary School, 917 W. 88th St., in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago on Sept. 7.

Maureen O’Brien, RE/MAX Premier Properties, co-authors Wilbert Jones, Kathleen Willis-Morton, to sign copies of new book, “Chicago’s Gold Coast,” Sept. 15 at RE/MAX Premier Properties, 1205 N. Dearborn Pkwy., in Chicago’s Gold Coast area.