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- Mortgage settlement brings relief to 25K in Illinois Business – chicagotribune.com
- Existing Home Inventory is up 17.7% year-to-date on May 20th Calculated Risk
- Amateur investors tap 401(k)s to buy homes Home mortgage rates and real estate news – CNNMoney.com
- 3 big banks nearly halt foreclosure sales after U.S. tweaks orders Illinois Foreclosures, Short Sales & Auctions – chicagotribune.com
Market conditions
- Top-tier downtown apartment rents up 26% since 2009 YoChicago
- Existing Home Inventory is up 17.7% year-to-date on May 20th Calculated Risk
- Even as Housing Revives, Apartment Growth to Boom Realty Check with Diana Olick
- April 2013 Data Rodeo: Rock-Bottom Inventory and Rising Prices, Again Piggington's Econo-Almanac
- Housing starts post sharp month-over-month loss in April The Real Deal New York
Mortgage & finance
- Lawmakers Want More Flexibility on Mortgage Rules Developments
- Mortgage settlement brings relief to 25K in Illinois Business – chicagotribune.com
- Why Fannie Mae Shot Up 400 Percent in 3 Months Realty Check with Diana Olick
- Too many defaults on modified mortgages Illinois Foreclosures, Short Sales & Auctions – chicagotribune.com
- Report: Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup "nearly halt foreclosure sales" Calculated Risk
Commercial real estate
- Office Parks Get a Makeover WSJ.com: Real Estate
- Starwood Capital Goes Shopping for Malls WSJ.com: Real Estate
- Seagram Owners Re-Finance for $1 Billion News: Around the World
- Law firm expands at Prudential Plaza Chicago Real Estate Daily News
- Strategic Hotels rises after ‘poison pill’ measure dropped Chicago Real Estate Daily News
Around the U.S.
- Conspirator Jailed for Lying to Obtain Mortgages Mortgage Fraud Blog | Mortgages and fraud and the law, oh my!
- Imagining Syracuse Without Its Elevated Highway Latest Posts | The Atlantic Cities
- Best deals on real estate Home mortgage rates and real estate news – CNNMoney.com
- Living In | Carmel, N.Y.: A Quiet Hamlet, Loyally Defended NYT > Real Estate
- Rockrose demolishing seven warehouses to make way for Queens’ tallest residential tower The Real Deal New York
Tips, trends
- Waypoint Files for Latest Foreclosure-to-Rental IPO Developments
- Quantifying the Cost of Sprawl Latest Posts | The Atlantic Cities
- Poverty and Growth: Retro-Urbanists Cling to the Myth of Suburban Decline Newgeography.com – Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places
- Airbnb user fined $2,400 for hosting guest at condo The Real Deal New York
- Ask Rodkin: What's the Best Real Estate Investment for a Single Person in Chicago? Deal Estate
Apartments, homes, condos
- Development Update: 150-Unit Ravenswood Terrace Cleared For Foundation Work Curbed Chicago
- Developers start 216-unit apartment building in West Loop Chicago Real Estate Daily News
- This Secret Garden in Lake View Looks Like an Extra-Large Slice of Heaven Web Section
- 435: Way Cool, Even in Daylight ArchitectureChicago PLUS
- MACK Buys 27 Acres at Fay’s Point Chicago
People
- Amid loan dispute, Giorango seeks sanctuary in bankruptcy Chicago Real Estate Daily News
- Chicago Title Promotes Gus Abello to Senior VP and Regional Manager Chicago Agent Magazine
- Mission Real Estate: Rumored Tom Cruise brownstone hits the market for $28M The Real Deal New York
- Failed Melrose Park development pushes Mazola, Mauro into bankruptcy Chicago Real Estate Daily News
- Eddie Murphy lists NJ carriage house for $2.5M The Real Deal New York
Real estate business
- Brokers turn to buyers to boost business The Real Deal New York
- COMPETITION IN THE REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INDUSTRY A Report by the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice Real Estate Fraud | Mortgage Fraud | Flipping Schemes
- State passes overhaul of broker advertising rules The Real Deal New York
- Koenig & Strey Opens New Skokie Brokerage Office Chicago Agent Magazine
- Prudential Rubloff Presents One Magnificent Life Magazine! Rublogg – Chicagoland real estate
Architecture & design
- Award Winners: Peek Inside the Winners of the 2013 AIA Housing Awards Curbed National
- James Turrell Uses Light to Transform the Guggenheim Museum A/N Blog
- Frank Lloyd Wright House Walk: Cessna House Oak Park-River Forest Patch
- Midcentury-Modern Furniture for Kids WSJ.com: Real Estate
- A Visual History of Michigan’s Outsize Influence on American Modernism Latest Posts | The Atlantic Cities
Upcoming events
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- Millennium Park Presents City of Chicago – Programs & Initiatives Affordable Chicago
- Tower Tour and Carillon Recital hpherald.com
- 61st Street Farmer’s Market hpherald.com
- More than 100 Volunteers Still Needed for Roscoe Village Burger Fest North Center-Roscoe Village Patch
Neighborhoods
- 4 Chicago Schools Spared from Closure: Reports NBC Chicago – Chicago Local News and Breaking News
- Water taxi opens new North Avenue stop Chicago Breaking News
- Community Development: It’s What’s For Dinner Broad Shoulders Update
- Gold Coast terraces and roof decks YoChicago
- Construction Underway for Bell’s New Cafeteria, Science Lab Lincoln Square Patch
North Shore
- New Business Round-up: See What’s Opened This Spring Winnetka-Glencoe Patch
- Highland Park horse farm listed for $17.5M Business – chicagotribune.com
- Kendall developer to discuss plans Evanston Now – News from Evanston's online newspaper
- Wilmette’s well-fed birds – and squirrels YoChicago
- Proposed Stormwater Fee in Winnetka, Would Be Among Highest in U.S. Winnetka-Glencoe Patch
North suburbs
- Lake Cook Construction Running Ahead of Schedule Deerfield Patch
- Glenview Fights Emerald Ash Borer with Insecticide Glenview Patch
- Northbrook Considers Annexing 2500 Pfingsten Northbrook Patch
- Property owner asks Northbook to annex Chicagoland – chicagotribune.com
- BYOB May Come to Deerfield Restaurants Deerfield Patch
Northwest suburbs
- Forest Preserve District Approves Reduced Budget Barrington Patch
- Kostka Requests for Palatine to Buy His Home Palatine Patch
- Palatine, Fremd and D211 Student-Built Homes for Sale, Open Houses on Sunday Palatine Patch
- Willow Stream Park Redevelopment to Begin in 2014 Buffalo Grove Patch
- Metra Depot Remodel on Track in Des Plaines Des Plaines Patch
Western suburbs
- Hinsdale Sports Bar Plan Bolstered by Trustees’ Liquor-Related Vote Burr Ridge Patch
- Frank Lloyd Wright House Walk: Cessna House Oak Park-River Forest Patch
- City of Elmhurst Buys Pauli Property: ‘No Steal, No Killing—A Fair Deal,’ Alderman Says Elmhurst Patch
- Hinsdale Sports Bar, Garfield Crossing Development on Board Agenda Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Patch
- April Homes Sales: Elmhurst Continues Upward Trend; Sales Prices Rise Elmhurst Patch
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