3/27/13
CoreLogic released its January 2013 Shadow Inventory Report yesterday and issued the following news release: CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading residential property information, analytics...
3/14/13
The following market update arrived via a news release from RE/MAX Northern Illinois: Home sales and prices were higher in February in the seven-county...
3/14/13
I’ve been hearing about what I call the “mythical empty-nester” for more than 30 years now. At newgeography.com Wendell Cox counters an empty nester...
2/28/13
RealtyTrac today released its Year-End and Q4 2012 U.S. Foreclosure and Short Sales Report, which shows a total of 947,995 U.S. properties in some...
1/18/13
RealtyTrac released its Year-End 2012 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report yesterday, and Illinois earned an unenviable spot in a number of its rankings. Illinois was...
1/16/13
Jeff Herbert of Urban Living has just published a report on Lincoln Park sales during 2012. The highlights: Condominium and townhome sales increased by...
12/4/12
The City of Chicago has raised the fee for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance from $90 to $120, effective January 1, 2013. The certificate...
12/4/12
CoreLogic released its National Foreclosure Report for October yesterday. The report provides data on completed U.S. foreclosures and the overall foreclosure inventory. According to...
11/14/12
I asked David Nadler of City Ranch Real Estate for news from the rental front, and he sent along the following brief notes: Southport...
11/12/12
It’s been a wrenching few years to watch price and volume movements in many of Chicago’s neighborhoods. These metrics are prone to doing strange...
11/9/12
I took the above photo almost exactly a year ago, not anticipating that New City would select the North Avenue Bridge as affording the...
11/6/12
CoreLogic today released its September Home Price Index (HPI®) report. Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased on a year-over-year basis by 5 percent...
11/5/12
Five years ago to the day today we posted the following quote: There is a tremendous unmet demand for smoke-free housing in America, and...
10/4/12
Our local media have been taking pride in a recent US Census report (PDF) showing Chicago as the metro area with the largest numeric...
10/4/12
CityLIFT is a program sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank that provides up to $15,000 in down payment grant funds to qualified home buyers for...
9/13/12
RealtyTrac just released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for August 2012. The report: … shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank...
9/11/12
Almost two years ago we chartered a helicopter from AM Air Service in Schaumburg and flew around Chicago, from South Shore up to Wilmette,...
7/2/12
Last week the Tribune reported on Census Bureau figures showing that Chicago and other major cities had gained population between 2010 and 2011, and...
5/7/12
Late last week the US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced the indictment of seven individuals on mortgage fraud charges. According to...
5/3/12
The new Cook County Property Tax Portal has gone live, providing easy online access to a variety of property tax information through a single...