The Home Front

From Wall Street to China, the world’s economic news forecast was turbulent in early 2016, but the outlook for the mortgage market and...

Chicago may be touted as a “world-class city” by local political bigwigs, but Illinois currently ranks among the top three states in the...

It’s time to dust off that crystal ball and gaze into the future of Chicago’s housing market in 2016. The stock market many look cloudy...

Rahm Emanuel’s red-light cameras have clicked out 2.2 million traffic tickets and generated a whopping $284.9 million in fines since the...

As the clock ticks toward 2016, home resale prices in the Chicago area and across Illinois continue to dig out from the depths of the...

Is your condominium, or the one you are planning to buy, up to PAR? With the condominium market now reviving in Chicago, the Private...

With Black Friday fever raging and most people focused on last-minute Christmas shopping, the year’s end can be the perfect time to buy...

If you are planning to start home-loan hunting to finance the purchase of a new or existing dwelling now or in 2016, better clip this...

Led by an extremely strong $1-million-plus home market in downtown Chicago and the Near North Side, existing luxury homes, condominiums...

With more and more Millennials choosing to rent apartments, many housing advocates are asking: “Whatever happened to the American Dream...

Autumn house hunters are benefiting from home-loan bargains because a nervous Federal Reserve Board held off on a widely expected...

Long-time senior citizen homeowners in the Old Town and Lincoln Park neighborhoods may be forced out of these swank enclaves by record...