New AARP online tool ranks communities on livability
No one moves into their dream home, their forever home, wondering how well the property and community will work for them when age starts to take a toll. But with...
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What are Chicago’s hottest neighborhoods?
The story of a handsome brick bungalow with a touch of green trim in Elmwood Park may not be the norm. But neither is it the exception in a local...
Foreclosure alternative program arrives in Illinois
With Illinois' foreclosure rate still far above the national average, a Boston-based nonprofit is extending a lifeline to a select group of Illinois homeowners in danger of losing their homes....
Fannie, Freddie to discount blighted homes in Chicago, Cook County
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are embarking on an ambitious pilot program designed to remove thousands of vacant, foreclosed homes from their books and repair neighborhoods throughout Chicago and suburban...
Loan changes aimed at keeping properties from foreclosure
With Chicago and suburban Cook County still one of the markets hardest hit by the housing crisis, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are rolling out another loan modification program to...
Greystone program expands its vintage housing reach
Teaching Chicagoans to spell "greystone" with an "e" rather than an "a" was merely one of the fringe benefits of the Historic Chicago Greystone Initiative, begun in spring 2006 by...
Redbox to cut HQ space, according to filing
Redbox Automated Retail plans to dramatically pare its Oak Brook Terrace headquarters space as it looks to cut costs and move more of its operations to Los Angeles. Redbox will...
Research links affordable housing to children’s test scores
The conference was about affordable housing, but the keynote speech was about children and test scores and the role that housing plays in them. The standard rule of thumb for...
Americans’ interest in buying home at an all-time low
Consumers think it's a good time to sell a home but they aren't so keen on buying one. Only 60 percent of participants in Fannie Mae's most recent monthly national...
Local home listings source inks deal with Zillow
The provider of home listings in the Chicago area says a pact it signed with Zillow Group may improve the accuracy of for-sale home information that appears on Zillow and...