RealtyTrac just released its US Foreclosure Market Report for November 2014, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions —...
RealtyTrac just released its October 2014 Residential & Foreclosure Sales Report. According to the report: … the median sales price of U.S. single family...
More than six years ago I wandered into a “developer close-out” party at Dover Courts, 4601-17 N Dover in the Sheridan Park neighborhood in...
Foreclosure rates in the Chicago area decreased for the month of August over the same period last year, according to newly released data from...
In October of last year Chicago had the 3rd highest foreclosure rate in the nation among metro areas with a population greater than 200,000....
Foreclosure rates for the month of July in the Chicago metro area decreased sharply over the same period last year, according to newly-released data...
The faint of heart home buyer might think that the only way to look at River City is down. We did that, but in...
The following arrived via news release from CoreLogic: Distressed sales (REO and short sales) accounted for 11.4 percent of total home sales in June,...
Foreclosure rates in the Chicago – Naperville – Arlington Heights metro decreased for the month of May over the same period last year, according...
RealtyTrac released its Midyear 2014 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report today. The report reflects a 19% decrease in US foreclosure filings over the previous six...
In the 40 years that I’ve followed Chicago condo conversions I’ve rarely seen the renovation and condo conversion of a 12+ unit walkup buildings...
RealtyTrac released an analysis today profiling which single family homes sell at the deepest discounts and which sell at the highest premiums based on...
CoreLogic released its May National Foreclosure Report yesterday. According to CoreLogic, for the month of May 2014, there were 47,000 completed foreclosures nationally, down...
According to RealtyTrac, the Chicago metro area had 9,975 “zombie foreclosures” in Q2 2014, ranking it third in the nation. The following is from...
We first took note of Marquette Village in February of 2007 when single-family homes at the development were priced from the $290s. Our last...
According to statistics released yesterday by CoreLogic, the percentage of Chicago metro area mortgage loans that are more than 90 days delinquent fell sharply...
According to data just released by RealtyTrac, Illinois had the sixth-highest rate of foreclosure filings in the nation, with one in every 706 Illinois...
In June of 2007 a single-family home at 4842 S Calumet Ave sold for $565,000 subject to a $565,000 mortgage. Early in 2008 it...
Citywide Services’ Michael Walsh is a veteran appraiser whose work takes him to many areas of Chicagoland. I joined Michael for a mid-morning visit...
Yesterday morning I accompanied veteran appraiser Michael Walsh of Citywide Services on part of his daily rounds. Our first stop was at a foreclosed...
