Tag: Foreclosures
Chicago foreclosure rate plummets year-over-year
RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for February 2014, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled aucti [...]
Chicago still ranks high in foreclosures
Chicago ranked fourth among the 25 largest US metro areas in the percentage of mortgaged homes in foreclosure in January, according to data recent [...]
Chicago-area sales volume, prices up sharply year-over-year
Chicago-area sales volume increased 21% year-over-year in January 2014 and the median sales price increased 17%, to $175,000 according to RealtyTr [...]
Foreclosure filings continue downward trend
RealtyTrac just released its Foreclosure Market Report for January 2014. The report shows foreclosures rising 8% month over month nationally, but [...]
Chicago drops out of top 10 metros in foreclosure rate
Miami had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation in 2013, with 3.93% of its housing units in some stage of foreclosure, according to recently- [...]
Chicago-area foreclosure rates in sharp decline
Foreclosure rates in Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights decreased for the month of October over the same period last year, according to newly re [...]
Will The Sterling become sterling?
Nearly six years ago Crain's Chicago Business cited The Sterling, 345 N LaSalle St, as the "condo foreclosure capital of Chicago." Ninety-five foreclo [...]
Chicago foreclosure rate third-highest among large metros in October
Chicago had the third-highest foreclosure rate among the 20 largest metropolitan areas in October, according to data just released by RealtyTrac. [...]
Chicago-area foreclosure rate plummets year-over-year
Foreclosure rates in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville decreased 31.3% for the month of August over the same period last year, according to newly released [...]
Number of new foreclosure filings plummets
RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for August 2013. The report shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled au [...]
Will Park Kingsbury return from the deadpool as apartments?
In the boom years of the mid-2000s the River North site formerly occupied by Ronsley was one of the most sought-after development opportunities on [...]
A homeless man builds a shelter in Wicker Park
DNAinfo posted an article yesterday about Bruce Johnson, a 51-year old homeless man who had built himself a concrete block shelter from materials [...]
Chicago foreclosures drop sharply as US activity ticks up
RealtyTrac has just released its July 2013 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report. The report shows foreclosure filings – default notices, scheduled aucti [...]
Woodstock Institute makes foreclosure data more accessible
The Woodstock Institute self-describes as "a leading nonprofit research and policy organization in the areas of fair lending, wealth creation, and [...]
Sellers taking losses at Jefferson Tower
The Fulton River District was still a new neighborhood, but it had become relatively established by the time that Jefferson Tower, 200 N Jefferson [...]
RealtyTrac: Illinois foreclosures average 817 days
RealtyTrac released its Midyear 2013 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report today.
Some relevant excerpts:
Florida posted the nation’s highest sta [...]
Foreclosures, shadow inventory in steep decline, Chicago still troubled
CoreLogic released its May National Foreclosure Report yesterday along with a supplement featuring quarterly shadow inventory data as of April 201 [...]
Chicago-area foreclosure rates down sharply
Foreclosure rates in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville decreased for the month of April over the same period last year, according to newly released data f [...]
Bank repossessions rise 44 percent in Illinois
The following arrived via email from RealtyTrac:
RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for May 2013, which shows forecl [...]
Foreclosures less of a market factor nationally, still high in Illinois
RealtyTrac today released its Q1 2013 U.S. Foreclosure & Short Sales Report, which shows that a total of 190,121 U.S. properties in some stage of [...]