Borrowers’ Credit Scores Key With Mortgage Rates Headed Toward 5%
Wake up home hunters and families who still have not refinanced that old, high-rate mortgage! Experts forecast that the average interest...
Tax Reform Slices Real Estate Ownership Benefits & May Spike Rents
Chicago apartment renters—especially those who lease their digs from small “Ma and Pa” landlords—could be slapped with hefty rent...
Window Will Close On Bargain-Rate Mortgages In Spring 2018
Potential home buyers and families who have not yet refinanced their old, high-rate mortgages should forget about tax reform and hustle...
Condo Owners Fight Hefty Document Fees With Class-Action Law Suits
Several Chicago and Illinois condominium owners who are fed up with being ripped off by management companies who charge excessive fees to...
Home Shoppers Looking For Deals, But Sellers Are In Short Supply
Prospective home and condominium buyers were standing in line in October, looking for deals in Chicago and surrounding suburbs, but not...
Florida Condo Property Act Requires Website Access To Documents
(Second of two articles on condominium law.) The tough, new Florida Condominium & HOA Act—the first state condo law to impose criminal...
Illinois Condo Property Act Improved, But Florida Has Tougher Law
(First of two articles on condominium law.) Condominium owners in Illinois will receive a boost of consumer protection starting in 2018,...
Options Help Millennials Pay Off College-Loan Debt And Buy A Home
Seven of every 10 of young, first-time home shoppers believe their student-loan debt has delayed them from attaining the American...
Loss Of Mortgage-Interest Deduction Could Hurt U.S. Homeownership
The mortgage-interest deduction—the bedrock on which the nation’s housing policy was built for the past 75 years—may be on shaky ground...
Chicago Is A Condominium City, But Don’t Under Estimate Suburbs
Everyone views Chicago as the dominant condominium city in Illinois, but don’t short change the seven suburban collar counties, a...
