As part of the study, carried out at the University
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (led by Siegfried Kasper), the study team obtained quantitative information from healthy test subjects
about stressful life events, such as deaths in the family, divorce, unemployment, financial losses,
relocations, serious illnesses or accidents.
Coldwell Banker will set up a
relocation department in Chicago following complaints from some area brokers
about a decision by Coldwell Banker's parent company, Cendant, to steer
relocation business to two independent brokerages in the area.