Millennial Job Market Is Sparking The High-Rise Construction Boom
Every tourist who strolls the sidewalks of the Windy City is awed by the skyline’s architecture. But we all should take another look...
Assessor Cuts Northwest Side Tax Assessments Because Of Jet Noise
After a two-year evaluation on the impact of O’Hare International Airport’s jet noise on property values, real estate...
Chicago’s Decade-Long, New-Construction Condo Bust May Be Over
Viewing all the recent new-development action downtown, it appears that Chicago’s decade-long high-rise condominium bust is finally over....
Rock-Bottom Mortgage Rates Matched With Record-Low Homeownership
Spurred on by historically low mortgage rates and a recovering job market, the Chicago housing market remains active as the end of the...
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...
