Will Home-Loan Rates Ever Fall? FED Honeymoon is Over
President Donald Trump (above) By Don DeBat Will Chicago home buyers and families seeking to refinance ever see mortgage rates in the 5%-range again? Only a gypsy fortune teller’s crystal ball will tell. However, the honeymoon apparently is over between new Federal Reserve Board (FED) chairman Kevin Warsh and President Donald Trump. On Sept. 4th President Trump urged the central bank and chairman Warsh, to “get smart” and cut rates. So, with President Trump as the biggest cri
Don DeBat
Sep 14
Neighborhood Gentrification Isn't Always a Dirty Word
By Don DeBat The slow-moving, on-going creep of gentrification in Chicago neighborhoods can be disruptive to apartment renters who are being priced out of their long-term family digs. Gentrification can be disruptive, but it is not always a dirty word. Real estate experts say the current problem of gentrification isn’t severe enough to warrant radical remedies that would end up hurting the people the fixes are meant to help. Affordable housing advocates complain that gentrifi
Don DeBat
Jul 6
