BY CARYN ROUSSEAU
Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO — Sports fans have dealt with it for years: a favorite team sells the naming rights to its stadium in a lucrative, if unsentimental, money grab.

But when Chicago residents go to bed Thursday night their…

The last year has been a rough one for real estate companies, but owners of apartment buildings are faring better than most.

That’s the word from RubinBrown, a Clayton-based accounting firm that tracks the local rental market.

St. Louis-area apartment projects saw…

We all know housing has been in the doldrums for quite some time, but the commercial side of the real estate business has held its own.

That’s about to change, according to a new forecast out today from the Urban Land…

From the “not sure what to make of this” department: HomeVestors, parent company of the “We Buy Ugly Houses” people (if you don’t live under a rock, you’ve probably seen their billboards), put out a press release today ranking their…

Federal officials recently decided how they’ll divvy up $3.92 billion for local agencies to buy back foreclosed properties, and the St. Louis region will get at least $17.2 million.

The “neighborhood stabilization program” - a key element of the foreclosure relief…

Less than two years after its last sale, Northwest Plaza in St. Ann is up for sale again.

NW Plaza Owner LLC, a partnership of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Somera Capital Management and Los Angeles-based Zelman Cos., has put the mall on…