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- Sep 1, 2015
Higher 2015 Real Estate Tax Assessments Mean Hefty Rent Hikes
Chicago apartment renters could be hit with the biggest rent increases in years next spring because of property tax increases expected by...
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- Aug 24, 2015
Rocky Stock Market Could Cause Fed To Postpone Interest-Rate Hike
Prospective home and condominium buyers may have been shocked by the sharp downturn in the stock market last week, but as a result they...
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- Aug 17, 2015
Are America’s ‘Overexposed Décor Trends’ Stereotyping Our Homes?
The lazy days of summer are the best time to sit on the deck, sip cocktails and gossip about the bizarre home-decorating choices of your...
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- Aug 10, 2015
Existing Home Sales Nationwide Rebound To Highest Level Since 2007
Has America finally put the Great Recession in its collective rear-view mirror? Nationwide, the 2015 spring home-buying season posted the...
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- Aug 3, 2015
Hundreds Of Senior Citizens May Be Missing Out On Tax Exemptions
Are you a senior-citizen homeowner who recently received the second installment of your 2014 property tax bill in the mail from the Cook...
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- Jul 27, 2015
Thousands Of Chicago Property Owners Worried About Tax Exemptions
While members of the embattled Illinois Legislature are fighting with Gov. Bruce Rauner over the state’s pension problems and inflated...
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- Jul 20, 2015
Savvy Homeowners Should Appeal Higher 2014 Real Estate Tax Bills
Tens of thousands of Chicago and Cook County homeowners recently received the second installment of their 2014 property tax bills, and...
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- Jul 14, 2015
Chicago Home & Condominium Rebound Continues As Resale Prices Rise
Benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage interest rates may have inched above 4 percent, but existing home and condominium sales and prices have...