Foreclosure auctions on rise in Chicago area
Auctions of foreclosed homes in the Chicago area more than doubled during the first half of the year, taxing the resources of court systems and potentially delaying a housing recovery...
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Lemont and green home put in TV spotlight
An unusual partnership between a local labor group and a public television station is under way in southwest suburban Lemont, where a state-of-the art green home is under construction and...
Lemont and green home put in TV spotlight
An unusual partnership between a local labor group and a public television station is under way in southwest suburban Lemont, where a state-of-the art green home is under construction and...
Federal agency questions plan to seize underwater mortgages
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has "significant concerns" about a controversial idea floated in Chicago and elsewhere to stabilize communities by seizing and restructuring the mortgages of homeowners who are...
Feds wary of use of eminent domain for underwater mortgages
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has "significant concerns" about a controversial idea floated in Chicago and elsewhere to stabilize communities by seizing and restructuring the mortgages of homeowners who are...
Illinois mortgage companies face higher fees, fines
Mortgage companies will pay higher licensing fees and much higher fines for operating fraudulently, under a new state law signed Friday.Amendments to the state's Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987...
Agents’ Twitter posts capture diverse slice of life
The Twitter posts are eye-catching, to say the least. One reads, "Opened the bathroom door to find a very large man sitting on the throne staring at my clients and...
Agents’ Twitter posts capture diverse slice of life
The Twitter posts are eye-catching, to say the least. One reads, "Opened the bathroom door to find a very large man sitting on the throne staring at my clients and...
Luxury apartments making moves in suburbs
At these suburban apartments, the list of features outside the front door outweighs what's inside the units. Yoga and Pilates studio? Check. Dog run and washing station? Check. Fire pit?...
Chicago makes biggest gain in key home price index
Home prices in the Chicago area jumped an average of 4.5 percent in May, turning in the best one-month performance of the 20 metropolitan areas included in a widely watched...