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Why millennials are finally starting to settle down and buy homes

June 5, 2018 at 7:20 a.m.

Millennials are finally starting to show interest in homeownership. Weighed down by massive student debt and job struggles, the generation brutalized by the Great Recession has lacked both the money...

In this Feb. 1, 2017, photo, Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus in New York. While many high school students fret about what colleges they'll get into, a growing number are worrying more about post-collegiate job prospects.

Students selecting a college increasingly consider long-term job prospects, debt

May 23, 2019 at 3:35 p.m.

It had to come to this. For years, high school seniors hoping to go to college in the fall fixated on getting into their dream college. But that's changed. Students...

CIBC sweetens its offer for Chicago-based PrivateBancorp

June 5, 2018 at 9:52 a.m.

Canadian bank CIBC has sweetened its June offer to buy PrivateBancorp after shares of the Chicago-based bank climbed along with other bank stocks after the presidential election. Under an agreement...

Chicago-area home construction reaches post-housing crash high

June 5, 2018 at 10:06 a.m.

After struggling through some harsh years in the residential construction business, builders are feeling more upbeat as traffic to model homes picks up and people buy more newly built homes...

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Former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett joins Ariel Investments board

June 5, 2018 at 10:52 a.m.

President Barack Obama's former top White House adviser Valerie Jarrett has been appointed to the board of directors of Chicago-based Ariel Investments. Jarrett was the longest-serving senior adviser to Obama,...

Will you have enough? Only 18% very confident about their retirement savings

May 23, 2019 at 3:35 p.m.

Meet the worriers — the people who are afraid they won't ever be able to retire or that they will run out of money too early in retirement. Three out...

Protesters against cuts to the budget of the department of Housing and Urban Development block access to the Bank of America Financial Center on South LaSalle Street in Chicago on March 21, 2017.

Housing groups warn some ‘could end up losing their homes’ if vouchers cut

June 5, 2018 at 11:26 a.m.

Proposed budget cuts at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development could leave thousands of low-income Chicago-area residents without the vouchers they need to stay in their apartments and...

The Lexington Square townhouse development is seen Dec. 21, 2016, in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood. According to Illinois Realtors, Chicago condo prices were up 4.6 percent in February compared with a year earlier.

Chicago home sales slowed in February as prices climbed

June 5, 2018 at 12:07 p.m.

After a powerful surge in home and condo prices in Chicago during January, growth settled down in February and is expected to keep a moderate pace through the spring selling...

Fed’s rate hike likely won’t end the bull market for stocks

May 23, 2019 at 3:34 p.m.

When interest rates are rising, people with money in stocks sometimes worry. After all, there is an old Wall Street adage: "Three steps and a stumble." It means watch out...

What the Fed’s interest rate increase means for you: 6 things to know

August 21, 2019 at 10:35 p.m.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-point Wednesday in a widely expected move. Although there have been two other quarter-point interest rate increases since the Great Recession, the...

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