We're introducing new tools to make our home sale site indispensable

To our readers:

We're excited to announce a major improvement in our real estate coverage, and in particular, the introduction of useful tools on dailyherald.com for those who are buying homes, those who are selling and those who are just curious about how the suburban housing market is doing these days.

We've partnered with Zillow Inc. to provide you with an exhaustive marketplace of suburban homes on dailyherald.com/realestate. The tools on the website enable you to check out homes in your neighborhood, in your community or all across Chicago's suburbs, with an ability to narrow your search based on whatever criteria is important to you.

You can use this handy device to zero in on homes for sale, homes for rent and foreclosures.

That's the centerpiece of our Homes site, but it's only a small piece of it. We're also providing the latest information on home sale trends in the area, useful advice that helps simplify the home sale process and provides you the background you need to bargain well, the latest real estate news in the suburbs and national home stories that entertain as well enlighten.

We believe this improvement is a strong complement to the value of the HomesFriday, HomesSaturday, HomesSunday, and Home & Garden sections of the Daily Herald print edition, and we hope you'll find it beneficial.

Sincerely,

John Lampinen

Editor