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Affordable rental buildings filling gap in senior housing
Affordable rental buildings filling gap in senior housing
Chicago mortgages under water
According to Zillow, nearly half of Chicago mortgages are under water.
First-time buyers want efficient, low-maintenance homes
If you have a steady job and can get a mortgage, there has never been a better time to buy your first new house.
Inside the Mind of a Strategic Defaulter
Slight drop in strategic defaults unlikely to last as more people do the math, see they can't recover and make a business decision to walk away from their mortgage, even if it ruins their credit
Backsplashes: Your material choices & their pros & cons
The right kitchen backsplash can do double duty for a homeowner. It's functional, protecting walls from the unavoidable kitchen splatters and splashes, and it's also a way to bring color and visual interest to the room.
Buyers purchased fewest new homes in nearly century
Buyers purchased the fewest number of new homes last year on records going back 47 years.
Beware buying home from divorcing couple
Marriage breakups can be tense. And when divorcing couples sell their homes, it's buyer, agent and everyone else beware.
Tax deduction for mortg int could be on chopping block
It's been around since 1913, but its time may be up. Such a change would generate billions of dollars in federal revenue that could be used to cut the deficit while inflicting little pain on most middle-class homeowners.
When it comes to online real estate photos
Perhaps the bigger question is if this was how sellers allowed their home to be photographed for a listing, when it's presumably in the best shape, how will it look when a potential buyer comes to look at it?
Landlord fined for discrimination
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says an administrative law judge has ordered an Iowa landlord to pay $52,000 in damages and penalties to resolve a discrimination case.
55 percent have suffered some kind of cutbacks
Depressed about the economy? Maybe it's because you're earning less than you did before.
Housing market: Predictions change with lousy numbers
Suddenly, instead of talking about the housing recovery, housing analysts and economists are talking about prices that could fall dramatically during the next six to 12 months. What changed?
Glimmers in the gloom of area banking
Two years into the banking crisis, Chicago-area lenders have yet to find a bottom.
Can you sell your home through short sale?
A short sale is anything but an easy real estate transaction for sellers. It requires more work, often involves negotiators, and is characterized by the seller asking the lender to make a concession to allow the sale to proceed.
Rogers Park neighborhood hit hard by condo foreclosures
Rogers Park ranked fourth among Chicago communities with the largest number of home foreclosures per square mile in 2009
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