Benchmark Home-Loan Rates Skid To 3.86%—Lowest Since November
Mortgage interest rates are on a downward slide just in time for the early autumn home-buying season, experts say. Benchmark 30-year...
Chicago Home-Loan Rates Fall To A Low Of 3.7%; Where Are Listings?
Mortgage lenders literally are trying to give away 30-year fixed loans with interest rates as low as 3.7% or less, while Chicago Realtors...
$1-Million Home And Condo Market On A Roll Chicago’s North Side
The million-dollar single-family home, townhouse, cooperative apartment and condominium market on Chicago’s North Side is on a roll in...
Chicago Needs Rambo—Not Rahm—When Fighting City’s Rat Invasion
Garbage overflowed the large cans which lined the alley of a run-down area on the Near North Side of Chicago. The rubbish lay loosely...
Strong Condominium Sales Keep Rebound On A Roll In Chicago In 2017
Chicago’s existing home and condominium market continued its steady rebound throughout the first half of 2017, experts report. A total of...
Over-Taxed Homeowners Should Appeal Higher 2016 Real Estate Bills
Tens of thousands of Chicago and Cook County homeowners have recently received the second installment of their 2016 property tax bills,...
New Targets: Student-Loan Burden And Hispanic Homeownership Gap
Housing advocates continue to worry about a shortage of Millennial first-time home buyers in the residential marketplace nationwide...
Bargain Home And Condo Prices Fade As Multiple Bids Drive Market
The era of bargain home prices in Chicago—caused by underwater selling and a rash of foreclosures during the Great Recession—may at last...
Now Is A Good Time To Bail Out Of Those Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
Homeowners who financed their home or condominium purchase with an adjustable-rate mortgage should be shopping now to refinance into the...
The Financial Choice Act Could Send Shock Waves Through Economy
The recent passage of the landmark Financial CHOICE Act by a heavily Republican U.S. House of Representatives could soon send shock waves...
Millennial Generation May See A Home-Buying Turn-Around In 2017
Housing advocates have been wringing their hands as they watch the nation’s homeownership rate slowly slip during the Great Recession...
$1-Million-Plus Home Sales Fueled By New Construction Boom In City
The market for $1-million-plus homes and condominiums exploded in the city of Chicago in early 2017, a comprehensive new Realtor sales...
Realtors Say Trump Tax Plan Would Hurt Homeownership Nationwide
Housing advocates nationwide are turning their noses up at President Donald Trump’s proposed tax plan which would double the standard...
Condominium Property Act Revamp Could Give Owners Needed Support
Condominium owners and families residing in homeowner associations (HOAs) who are battling disputes and struggling for financial clarity...
‘Fence Sitters’ Have One More Chance To Buy Homes Or Refinance
“Fence-sitters”—prospective home buyers and homeowners who were planning to refinance—and missed the boat in late 2016 now have one more...
