Sale Of Tribune Tower Mirrors The Decline Of Old-School Newspapers
America’s old-school newspapers may be struggling while Millennials click their way to smart-phone news, but the historic buildings they...
Chicago’s ‘Tax Tsunami’ Builds As Waves Of New Property Taxes Hit
The “Tax Tsunami” that is hitting Chicago property owners is not only about the rising real estate taxes and the new utility tax on...
Home-Loan Interest Rates Slipping Back To Historical Rock Bottom
Home-loan interest rates are quietly slipping back toward the record low hit in 2012, less than four years ago, experts say. “Average...
IHDA Tosses A $50,000 Life Preserver To Underwater Homeowners
The deepest housing recession since the Great Depression may be over, but thousands of home and condominium owners in Chicago and across...
Utility Tax On Top Of Hefty Property Taxes Means Even Higher Rents
Chicago landlords and homeowners are feeling squeezed like lemons thanks to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s latest brain storm—a new and quickly...
Logan Square—One North America’s 15 Hottest Retail Neighborhoods
The winds of neighborhood chance continue to blow across Chicago’s North and Northwest sides with some surprising results, experts say....
Don’t Blame Assessor Berrios For Skyrocketing Property Tax Bills
Chicago home and condominium owners who have been hit with hefty property tax increases due August 1st shouldn’t blame Cook County...
Home-Loan Rates Lowest In Three Years Thanks To British EU Exit
While America was celebrating the Fourth of July holiday, we also should have hoisted a Budweiser to the British for giving U.S....
Global Markets Meltdown Puts A Damper On Summer Home-Buying Season
Just when Chicago’s residential real estate market was on a roll with moderately rising prices and dwindling existing home inventory, a...
Over-Taxed Homeowners Should Appeal Higher 2015 Real Estate Bills
Tens of thousands of Chicago and Cook County homeowners soon will receive the second installment of their 2015 property tax bills, and...
Chicago’s Greatest Asset—Its Lakefront Parks—Now In Political Play
Chicago’s greatest asset—its coveted Lake Michigan parkland—is in political play along Lake Shore Drive from Evanston south to the...
Summer Holiday Barbeques Would Be Flat Without A Cool, Frothy Brew
Ahh, summer in Chicago! Traditionally, it is a fun season for holiday and weekend barbeques, 16-inch softball games and drinking a good...
Hefty Rent Hikes Coming To Cover Property Taxes And Garbage Fees
Hefty spring rent hikes are on the horizon for Chicago’s apartment dwellers—especially for renters in neighborhoods outside downtown,...
