J. Linn Allen

Congress is working on legislation to close loopholes in federal law that leave consumers who refinance without the same protections they get with purchase mortgages. ''Quite simply, these consumers are...

The Naperville headquarters of First United Realtors shut down Thursday as state investigators stepped up inquiries into financial operations of the company, which has about a dozen offices in the...

Eight prominent Chicago architects have contributed home designs for a group of adjacent sites at Falling Water in Burr Ridge. The architects and their designs, with paraphrased architects` descriptions, are:...

Eight homes are being shown in the Parade of Homes sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago July 27 through Aug. 18 at Boulder Ridge Country Club in...

Builders and their homes in the 1991 Cavalcade of Homes, sponsored by the Northern Illinois Home Builders Association at the Stonebridge golf course community in Aurora are: Airhart Construction Co....

Builders and their entries in the Preview of Homes in Richton Park, sponsored by the South Suburban Residential Contractors Association, are: Amlin Residential (Country Club Hills), Empty Nester II, 1,903...

For more than two years Illinois Public Action has crusaded against alleged consumer ripoffs by title insurers. Now some title insurance companies are charging that the consumer group`s actions might...

Home shows scheduled this year in the Chicago area include: Gallery of Homes, sponsored by the Home Builders of Greater Fox Valley at scattered sites from Geneva to Woodstock, Saturday...

Here is a sampling of incentives for buyers offered by some Chicago-area home builders within the last month. The list is not intended to be in any way comprehensive. Not...

Just as in pioneer days, free or cheap land may be the key to building new affordable housing in this country. Today`s land giveaways, however, aren`t on the western plains,...