Mortgage bankers cast wary eye on housing market
When more than 3,500 people gathered in Chicago recently for the Mortgage Bankers Association's annual convention, the most since 2007, there were a lot of acronyms thrown around and a...
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111 W. Wacker springs back to life
The hulking structure at Wacker Drive and Clark Street had become iconic in Chicago for all the wrong reasons: A highly visible symbol of the real estate recession for four...
Mortgage bankers cast wary eye on housing market
When more than 3,500 people gathered in Chicago recently for the Mortgage Bankers Association's annual convention, the most since 2007, there were a lot of acronyms thrown around and a...
Buffett starts Berkshire branded realty firm
In February, Warren Buffett said he'd buy a "couple hundred thousand" single-family homes if he could. Now he is putting his company brand on a new realty company to help...
Chicago housing prices continue slow climb
Home prices in the Chicago area rose in August but at a smaller pace than in July, according to a widely watched barometer of the nation's housing industry released Tuesday....
Zillow to show homes in foreclosure, before they are listed
This story, first published Thursday, has been updated to reflect corrected numbers provided by Zillow. Zillow is displaying detailed information on almost 1 million homes that are in foreclosure but...
Zillow reduces number ‘premarket’ foreclosures on site
Zillow said it overcounted the number of "pre-market" homes in foreclosure that have been added to its web site. The new feature, which rolled out last week, includes nearly 1...
Know they neighbor: Zillow adds public data on homes in foreclosure but not yet for sale
Zillow is displaying detailed information on about 1.5 million homes that are in foreclosure but not yet for sale, in a bid to position itself as the go-to website for...
Distressed properties boost remodeling industry
The fixing up of distressed properties for resale, rent or residing in is doing more than helping neighborhoods recover and look prettier than they did in the depths of the...
Distressed properties boost remodeling industry
The fixing up of distressed properties for resale, rent or residing in is doing more than helping neighborhoods recover and look prettier than they did in the depths of the...