Home-Loan Interest Rates Rise Sharply To Highest Level Since 2011
Prospective home and condominium buyers should forget about shopping for Halloween pumpkins and trick-or-treat candy this month and focus...
Chicagoans Need Income Of $77,263 To Buy A Median-Priced Home
With U.S. home affordability dropping to the lowest level in a decade, the dream of homeownership appears to be slipping away from middle...
Clouds Of Autumn: Rising Mortgage Rates, Affordable Home Shortage
Rising mortgage rates, higher home prices and a shortage of affordable dwellings is causing early autumn clouds to form over the...
Is There True Assessment Uniformity In Old Town And Lincoln Park?
What is uniformity? In the complex world of real estate tax assessment, “uniformity” means that all property belonging to the same class...
Rahm Bails On Financial Crisis; Homeowners Brace For Tax Tsunami
Who is the smartest politician in Chicago? Of course, it is Rahm Emanuel who decided not to seek a third term as mayor of the Windy City...
Are Millennials Giving Up On The American Dream Of Homeownership?
Is the Millennial generation giving up on the American Dream of homeownership? Buried with college-loan debt, and carrying gloomy...
Sky-High Property Tax Assessments To Spark Apartment Rent Hikes
Chicago now may be a hot marketplace for apartment developers, but with the dark cloud of skyrocketing real estate taxes hanging on the...
Home-Loan Rates Decline As Summer Market Rolls Into Full Swing
With Chicago’s summer housing market rolling into full swing, prospective home buyers currently are benefitting from an unexpected easing...
Why Homeownership Fading? Housing Costs Rising Faster Than Income
With more and more Millennials renting, is the American Dream of homeownership fading into the sands of time? The Great Recession and...
How Windy City Barbeque Masters Should Tune The Grill For July 4th
The July 4th Independence Day barbeque is a patriotic U.S. tradition that goes hand-in-hand with waving Old Glory and sipping a cold...
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Interest Rates Could Hit 6.5% To 7% By 2020
Home and condominium buyers who sit on the fence and wait another two years could have to pay a 6.5% to 7% mortgage interest rate by...
Mortgage Seekers Still Have A Chance To Lock In A Loan Below 5%
There still may be time for prospective home and condominium buyers to lock in a mortgage with an affordable interest rate of less than...
