Mary Ellen Podmolik

The Chicago area's housing market last month regained the momentum it lost in September, resulting in more homes being sold than in any October since 2006. Sales of existing single-family...

The foreclosed home on Kenmore Street in Aurora was an outdated, unkempt eyesore until crews arrived this fall, performing thousands of dollars of work to make it attractive and modern,...

Almost 8 percent of home mortgage loans in Illinois were delinquent at the end of September, and the state remains one of the worst in the nation for foreclosures, the...

Two reports issued Thursday show that the Chicago area's housing market remains challenged and its recovery lags behind the nation's. Mortgage foreclosure notices were issued against 12,212 properties in the...

Another home-buying opportunity has surfaced in President Obama's neighborhood, this time right next door.The owners of the famously vacant land next to Obama's home in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood are trying...

A Pilsen neighborhood group has partnered with a North Carolina-based federal credit union to acquire almost 1,100 Chicago-area mortgage loans, with the goal of preserving homeownership in several largely Hispanic...

A Pilsen neighborhood group has partnered with a North Carolina-based federal credit union to acquire almost 1,100 Chicago-area mortgage loans, with the goal of preserving homeownership in several largely Hispanic...