Monday, August 25, 2008
CONTRACT CANCELLATIONS ARE LATEST ISSUE WORRYING CONDO DEVELOPE
Monday, August 18, 2008
BORROWERS TAKE PASS ON ADJUSTABLES AND LOCK IN ON FIXED-RATE LOANS
Monday, August 11, 2008
UNCLE SAM’S HOUSING STIMULAS APPLAUDED BY HOME BUYERS AND REALTORS
Monday, August 04, 2008
UNCLE SAM’S HOUSING BAILOUT TO AID CASH-STRAPPED HOMEOWNERS
Monday, July 28, 2008
WILL TOMORROW’S HOUSING MARKET BE STRONGER THAN THE GLOOMY 1980S?
Monday, July 21, 2008
BUYER’S MARKET COULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FIRST HOME PURCHASE
Monday, July 14, 2008
COOK COUNTY BORROWERS NOW PROTECTED AGAINST FUTURE HOME-LOAN FRAUD
Monday, July 07, 2008
BARGAINS ABOUND WITH CHICAGO CONDOMINIUM MARKET IN ‘PAUSE MODE’
Monday, June 30, 2008
DEMAND FOR SMALLER NEW HOMES EXPANDS DURING REAL ESTATE’S HARD TIMES
Monday, June 23, 2008
SUMMER HOME-BUYING OUTLOOK—GREAT SELECTION, HIGHER MORTGAGE RATES
Monday, June 16, 2008
NOW’S THE TIME TO GO BARGAIN HUNTING IN CHICAGO’S NEW-HOME MARKET
Monday, June 09, 2008
DEATH AND TAXES ARE TWO CONSTANTS IN THE UNIVERSE OF MAN
Monday, June 02, 2008
IS AMERICAN HOMEOWNER’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH ADJUSTABLE-RATE LOANS OVER?
Monday, May 26, 2008
HOME-LOAN RATES UNDER 6 PERCENT UNDERSCORES BRIGHTER SIDE OF MARKET
Monday, May 19, 2008
HOW HOME-SHOPPING OPTIONS HAVE EXPANDED IN THE HIGH-TECH ERA
Monday, May 12, 2008
FOREIGN INVESTMENT MUSCLE PULLING CHICAGO CONDO MARKET OUT OF SLUMP
Monday, May 05, 2008
OUTLOOK FOR LOWER MORTGAGE RATES MAY TURN TIRE KICKERS INTO BUYERS
Monday, April 28, 2008
CHICAGO’S HOUSING MARKET IS FULL OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SMART SHOPPERS
Monday, April 21, 2008
AS FORECLOSURES RISE AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS ASK: IS HELP IS ON THE WAY?
Monday, April 14, 2008
LOCATION THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND CITY CONDO AND HOME PRICE GAINS
Monday, April 07, 2008
CHICAGO’S CONDOMINIUM MARKET SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE THIS SPRING
Monday, March 31, 2008
AFFORDABLE PRICES AND LOW INTEREST RATES ON HORIZON FOR SPRING
Monday, March 24, 2008
WHAT’S YOUR SCORE? REPAIR CREDIT RATING NOW BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
Monday, March 17, 2008
WILL UNCLE SAM COME TO THE RESCUE OF THE BATTERED HOUSING INDUSTRY?
Monday, March 10, 2008
AMERICA’S HOME VALUES ARE FLAT, BUT CHICAGO IS DOING BETTER
Monday, March 03, 2008
FROZEN WITH FEAR,’DOWNTOWN CHICAGO CONDO SHOPPERS ARE WAITING
Monday, February 25, 2008
DEATH OF HOUSING MARKET MAY BE EXAGGERATED—RESALE VALUES UP IN 2007
Monday, February 18, 2008
IS IT TIME TO OVERHAUL COOK COUNTY’S ANTIQUATED PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM?
Monday, February 11, 2008
40-PERCENT HIKE IN CHICAGO REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX A KNOCKOUT
Monday, February 04, 2008
MORTGAGE RATES IGNORE FED-RATE REDUCTION AND MOVE UPWARD AGAIN
Monday, January 28, 2008
FED REDUCTION DROPS MORTGAGE RATES TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 2004
Monday, January 21, 2008
ARM-MORTGAGE SHIFT—DISCOUNTS VANISH AS LENDERS TIGHTEN REQUIREMENTS
Monday, January 14, 2008
OUTLOOK 2008: AFFORDABLE MORTGAGES, STRONG RETAIL AND RENTAL MARKETS
Monday, January 07, 2008
CHICAGO’S USED-HOME PRICES RISE MODESTLY, BUCKING A NATIONAL TREND
Monday, December 31, 2007
IS RECESSION INEVITABLE? WILL AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS DODGE THE BULLET?
Monday, December 24, 2007
FED’S PROPOSED RULES CRACK DOWN ON UNSCRUPULOUS HOME LENDERS
Monday, December 17, 2007
THIRD FED-RATE CUT SHINES A RAY OF HOPE ON HOUSING’S CLOUD
Monday, December 10, 2007
HOLIDAY GIFT: OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS FOR LOWER HOME-LOAN RATES IN 2008
Monday, December 03, 2007
RESALE-HOME VALUES INCHING AHEAD; HOUSING MARKET MAY BE REBOUNDING
Monday, November 26, 2007
AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS ARE ON A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE AS 2007 ENDS
Monday, November 19, 2007
AMERICA’S HOUSING DOWNTURN IS PUTTING A PINCH ON REFINANCE DOLLARS
Monday, November 12, 2007
DESPITE GLOOM, SOME RAYS OF SUNSHINE EXIST IN CHICAGO HOUSING MARKET
Monday, November 05, 2007
NEW HOME AND CONDOMINIUM BUYERS CAN GO SHOPPING ON CABLE AND TV
Monday, October 29, 2007
CHICAGO-AREA EXISTING HOME PRICES PERK UP DESPITE SLOW SALES
Monday, October 22, 2007
UNCLE SAM’S FHA LOANS MAY BE KEY TO SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE BAIL OUT
Monday, October 08, 2007
IS THE AMERICAN HOME MORE THAN A MONEY MACHINE WITH TAX ADVANTAGES?
Monday, October 01, 2007
CHICAGO-AREA RESALE HOME PRICES RISING AGAIN, DESPITE NATIONAL TREND
Monday, September 24, 2007
OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS FOR HOME-LOAN RATES FOLLOWING FED-RATE REDUCTION
Monday, September 17, 2007
HOME-LOAN RATES EASING JUST IN TIME FOR AUTUMN REFINANCE SEASON
Monday, September 10, 2007
BRIGHT SPOTS EXIST IN CHICAGO DESPITE THE GLOOM IN REAL ESTATE
Monday, September 03, 2007
DOWNTOWN LUXURY APARTMENT RENTS LIKELY WILL RISE 7-PERCENT IN 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
CONDO GLUT: 7,700 UNSOLD NEW UNITS ON THE MARKET DOWNTOWN
Monday, August 20, 2007
INNOVATIVE REAL ESTATE INCENTIVES FROM HOMEPERKS TO BOOST MARKET
Monday, August 13, 2007
CHICAGO HOMEOWNERS JUST PAWNS IN THE TAX-CAP CHESS GAME
Monday, August 06, 2007
HOUSING SLUMP COULD SPARK REAL ESTATE TAX INCREASES IN CHICAGO
Monday, July 30, 2007
HOUSING BARGAINS ARE WIDESPREAD; EXPERTS SEE NO REBOUND UNTIL 2009
Monday, July 23, 2007
80 CONDOMINIUMS SOLD IN ONE HOUR VIA COMPUTER AT 200 N. DEARBORN
Monday, July 16, 2007
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: HOME-PRICE APPRECIATION FLAT NATIONWIDE IN 2007
Monday, July 09, 2007
HOUSING SLUMP CONTINUES, BUT INTEREST RATES STILL NEAR THE BOTTOM
Monday, July 02, 2007
FORECAST: ONE MILLION SUB-PRIME HOME-LOAN FORCLOSURES IN 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
IS RENTING BETTER THAN BUYING WITH MORTGAGE RATES ON THE RISE?
Monday, June 18, 2007
BUILDERS OFFER DEALS AS 30-YEAR MORTGAGE RATES APPROACH 6.75 PERCENT
Monday, June 11, 2007
2007 IS SHAPING UP AS THE BEST HOME-BUYING MARKET SINCE 1993
Monday, June 04, 2007
7% SOLUTION WOULD SOFTEN COOK COUNTY HOMEOWNERS’ TAX BITE
Monday, May 28, 2007
MORTGAGE PEOPLE BATTLING OVER SUB-PRIME HOME LOAN CRISIS
Monday, May 21, 2007
MONDO CONDO: DOWNTOWN INVENTORY STANDS AT 7,416 UNSOLD NEW UNITS
Monday, May 14, 2007
HOUSING MARKET SLOWDOWN WILL PUT A SQUEEZE ON PERSONAL WEALTH
Monday, May 07, 2007
IS A TURNAROUND IN SIGHT? HOUSING’S CRYSTAL BALL IS CLOUDY
Monday, April 30, 2007
2016 OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENTS COULD CHANGE THE FACE OF CHICAGO’S GAME
Monday, April 23, 2007
SUB-PRIME HOME LOAN CRISIS SPARKS A $20-BILLION BAIL OUT
Monday, April 16, 2007
HOMEOWNER ALERT: EXISTING HOME RESALE VALUES ON SKIDS IN AMERICA
Monday, April 09, 2007
REALTOR REPORT: RESALE HOME PRICES INCH AHEAD IN THE CHICAGO AREA
Monday, April 02, 2007
WITH HOME ENERGY COSTS SOARING, IS IT TIME FOR A LIFESTYLE CHANGE?
Monday, March 26, 2007
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK MAKES 2007 HOUSING CYCLE A DIFFERENT BALLGAME
Monday, March 19, 2007
$1-MILLION HOMES NOW FOUND IN A DOZEN ELITE CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS
Monday, March 12, 2007
PRICES SOFT, BUT HOME-LOAN RATES HOLDING IN THE LOW 6-PERCENT RANGE
Monday, March 05, 2007
MORE THAN 7,100 NEW DOWNTOWN CONDOMINIUMS HIT MARKET IN 2006
Monday, February 26, 2007
CONDO SPECULATORS MAY FEEL SQUEEZED WHEN THEIR ‘BABY’ IS DELIVERED
Monday, February 19, 2007
HOUSING RECOVERY ON RADAR FOR 2007 WITH BUYERS’ MARKET IN FULL SWING
Monday, February 12, 2007
CHICAGO HOMEOWNERS WITH HEFTY REASSESSMENT BRACE FOR TAX BITE
Monday, February 05, 2007
WHAT DO CONDOMINIUM AND HOME BUYERS REALLY WANT? A LIFESTYLE
Monday, January 29, 2007
HOME BUYERS’ MARKET SPARKS HOT HOUSING DEALS FOR EARLY 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
HOME AND CONDO BUYERS NEED TO READ THE FINE PRINT OF THE DEAL
Monday, January 15, 2007
2007 FORECAST: HOME LOAN RATES TO HOLD BELOW 6.5 PERCENT
Monday, January 08, 2007
LENDERS ENTICING BORROWERS WITH DISCOUNTED ADJUSTABLE-RATE LOANS
Monday, January 01, 2007
DESPITE SLOWDOWN HOMES IN SOME CITY NEIGHBORHOODS SELLING WELL
Monday, December 25, 2006
DREAMY EXPECTATIONS KEEP POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS RENTING APARTMENTS
Monday, December 18, 2006
6-PERCENT MORTGAGE RATES A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR HOME BUYERS
Monday, December 11, 2006
THE NATION’S HOUSING MARKET SKID MAY BE ENDING AS PRICES STABILIZE
Monday, December 04, 2006
6,500 NEW CONDO UNITS PLANNED IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO FOR 2006
Monday, November 27, 2006
OUTLOOK 2007: IS AN ‘AFFORDABILITY CRISIS’ ON THE HORIZON?
Monday, November 20, 2006
REALTORS SAY IT’S THE BEST OF TIMES FOR NATION’S HOUSING MARKET
Monday, November 13, 2006
2007 OUTLOOK: FIXED MORTGAGE RATES EXPECTED TO HOLD NEAR 6.5 PERCENT
Monday, November 06, 2006
PRICES OF EXISTING HOMES STABILIZING AS MORTGAGE RATES REMAIN LOW
Monday, October 30, 2006
BORROWERS BEWARE: HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CAN’T PAY YOUR LOAN
Monday, October 23, 2006
NOW’S THE TIME TO REFINANCE THAT EXOTIC ADJUSTABLE-RATE MORTGAGE
Monday, October 16, 2006
ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS SHOULD PREVENT ‘CRASH LANDING’ IN HOUSING
Monday, October 09, 2006
PRICING, TIMING, STAGING KEY WHEN SELLING A HOME IN FROSTY WEATHER
Monday, October 02, 2006
EXISTING HOME AND CONDO PRICE-GAINS SOFTENING AS MORTGAGE RATES EASE
Monday, September 25, 2006
IS IT DOOM AND GLOOM OR BOOM FOR THE NATION’S CONDO MARKET?
Monday, September 25, 2006
IS IT DOOM AND GLOOM OR BOOM FOR THE NATION’S CONDO MARKET?
Monday, September 18, 2006
EXPERTS FORECAST COOL HOUSING MARKET FOR BALANCE OF 2006
Monday, September 11, 2006
WHERE YOUR REAL ESTATE TAX DOLLARS GO IF YOU LIVE IN A TIF DISTRICT
Monday, September 04, 2006
HOMEOWNERS ACROSS THE NATION FEELING THE BITE OF REAL ESTATE TAXES
Monday, August 28, 2006
HOME AND CONDO PRICES CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE AS RATES EASE
Monday, August 21, 2006
CHICAGO AVOIDS THE ‘BUBBLE’ AS NEW-CONDO SALES REMAIN STRONG
Monday, August 14, 2006
DIP IN HOME LOAN RATES GIVES BORROWERS ONE LAST CHANCE TO REFINANCE
Monday, August 07, 2006
EXOTIC MORTGAGES ARE A ‘TIME BOMB’ FOR MODERATE-INCOME HOME BUYERS
Monday, July 31, 2006
HOME-LOAN RATES CREEP HIGHER, BUT PRICES CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE
Monday, July 24, 2006
THE ‘CAREFREE’ CONDOMINIUM LIFESTYLE NEEDS GOOD MANAGEMENT
Monday, July 17, 2006
MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES LIKELY HEADED TO THE 7-PERCENT PLATEAU
Monday, July 10, 2006
REAL ESTATE TAX REASSESSMENT BITE IS HEFTY IN CHICAGO IN 2006
Monday, July 03, 2006
HOME PRICES KEEP CHUGGING AHEAD DESPITE HIGHER MORTGAGE RATES
Thursday, June 22, 2006
THE RED HOT SOUTH LOOP NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHICAGO’S DOWNTOWN BOOMTOWN
Monday, June 19, 2006
BUYER’S MARKET TO SEE 30-YEAR HOME-LOAN RATES OF 6.8 PERCENT IN 2007
Monday, June 12, 2006
HIGHER MORTGAGE RATES ARE PUTTING BRAKES ON HOME-PRICE APPRECATION
Monday, June 05, 2006
NEW-CONSTRUCTION CONDOS CONTINUE TO FUEL MANHATTANIZATION OF CHICAGO
Monday, May 29, 2006
HOME AND CONDO RESALE PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE CHICAGO AREA
Monday, May 22, 2006
HOUSING MARKET’S SUCCESS MAY BE ONE OF THE SPARKS FUELING INFLATION
Monday, May 15, 2006
FENCE-SITTING HOME BUYERS MAY GET SQUEEZED AS FED HIKES RATES
Monday, May 08, 2006
RATE-CREEP PUTS SQUEEZE ON HOMEOWNERS’ EQUIY LINES OF CREDIT
Monday, May 01, 2006
HOME AND CONDO VALUES CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE IN A CLOUDY ECONOMY
Monday, April 24, 2006
HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESS INTERESTS LOCK HORNS OVER ASSESSMENT FREEZE
Monday, April 17, 2006
MORTGAGES CREEP HIGHER, BUT LOANS WILL AVERAGE 6.5 PERCENT IN 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
MANY TOWNHOME CHOICES AVAILABLE IN CHICAGO’S NEW-HOME MARKET
Monday, April 03, 2006
HOME BUYERS MAY GET JITTERS AS FED HIKES RATES FOR 15TH TIME
Monday, March 27, 2006
TIPS FOR SPRING APARTMENT HUNTING WITH RENT HIKES LOOMING
Monday, March 20, 2006
HIP TELEVISION SHOW WAKES UP HOUSE HUNTERS FOR SPRING HOME SHOPPING
Monday, March 13, 2006
HIGHER HOME-LOAN RATES, SLOWER HOUSING MARKET ON THE HORIZON
Monday, March 06, 2006
CHICAGO-AREA MEDIAN HOME RESALE PRICES JUMP 11.4 PERCENT IN 2005
Monday, February 27, 2006
PRE-SPRING DIP IN MORTGAGE RATES BOOSTS HOME BUYING OPPORTUNITY
Monday, February 20, 2006
HEAVY COMPETITION FORECAST FOR ULTRA-LUXURY DOWNTOWN CONDOS IN 2006
Monday, February 13, 2006
CHICAGO HAS SOME OF THE BEST AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE NATION
Monday, February 06, 2006
HOME BUYERS SHOULD BEWARE AS FED HIKES RATES FOR 14TH TIME
Monday, January 30, 2006
OUTLOOK 2006: RATES WILL RISE, HOUSING MARKET MAY SLOW A BIT
Monday, January 23, 2006
CITY HOUSING MARKET TO EXPAND IN HOT EMERGING NEIGHBORHOODS
Monday, January 16, 2006
FORECAST 2006: IS AMERICA’S HOUSING ‘JOY RIDE’ COMING TO AN END?
Monday, January 09, 2006
LOFT CONDOMINIUMS ARE BECOMING A VANISHING SPECIES DOWNTOWN
Monday, January 02, 2006
SEEK A RATE-LOCK WHEN PLANNING TO BUY A NEW HOME OR CONDO IN 2006