Illinois REALTORS® will continue relationship building with lawmakers and candidates for local and state elections following the end of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) Thursday night. The delegations sent to the DNC and the Republican National Convention the week before are natural extensions of the bipartisan lobbying groundwork done in Springfield. Read more about the conventions.

In other news this week:

July 31 is leasing agent renewal deadline

IHDA to reopen foreclosure prevention program; and

Search helps Patterson choose her own charitable path.