James David Nathan & Co.

The RE/MAX metro Chicago real estate network has announced that the RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon and its crew will again visit at Josephine Locke Elementary School in Chicago’s Montclare neighborhood. They will come to the school on June 4.

RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, with offices in Algonquin, Crystal Lake, Lake Zurich and Palatine, Ill., recently was honored by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network for outstanding 2009 fund raising efforts.

The RE/MAX metro Chicago real estate network has announced that the RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon and its crew will visit three more schools on the South Side of Chicago in early June to present an educational program developed by the RE/MAX network.

The RE/MAX metro Chicago real estate network has announced that the RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon and its crew will visit Robert Frost Elementary School in Mt. Prospect, Ill., on June 2 to present an educational program developed by the RE/MAX network.

The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network recently honored its associates whose 2009 commercial sales achievements earned them coveted spots in its year-end Commercial Top 3.

The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network recently honored its associates whose 2009 residential sales achievements earned them coveted spots in its year-end Residential Top 20.

The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network recently presented honors to affiliates at RE/MAX All Pro, in Bloomingdale and Sugar Grove, Ill., and RE/MAX Great American North in St. Charles, all operated by broker/owner Tim Binning.

The RE/MAX metro Chicago real estate network has announced that the RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon and its crew will visit Carman Buckner and H.R. McCall elementary schools in Waukegan, Ill., in late May and early June to present an educational program.

Starr L. Zook, a sales associate with RE/MAX On Track, 221 E. Main St., Aledo, Ill., recently was honored by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network as its small market agent with the largest number of closed transactions in 2009.

April home sales in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market rose 48 percent from the activity level recorded in April 2009. At the same time, the average price of homes sold during the month increased; the time required to find a buyer decreased.