Chicago Real Estate Tax Hikes Over The Moon Since 2000
Runaway real estate tax hikes have been a major problem in Chicago and Cook County for decades, especially in tony North Side city...
Is Casino & Pot ‘Sin Tax’ Better Than Property Tax Hike?
For property owners in Chicago’s wealthy neighborhoods—from the Gold Coast and Old Town to Lincoln Park and Lakeview—the outlook for...
Holiday Cheer Is In Air; Mortgage Rates Fall To New Low
Pandemic-weary Americans are huddling around hearth and home for the holidays, trying desperately to muster some Christmas cheer....
Chicago Parties On Despite Closing Of Bars And Restaurants
While COVID-19 virus cases and deaths continue to soar, the city’s endless big-party nightlife scene still is rocking and rolling....
Chicago Home Sales Roared Back In Third Quarter Of 2020
Despite the novel virus plague, racial protests, downtown looting and general political unrest, Chicago’s North Side housing market not...
Home-Loan Rates Plunge To 2.8%—Another Historic Record Low
Borrowing money to fund the purchase or refinance of a home this autumn may never again be this affordable, experts say. On October 22nd,...
Early 2020 Election Voting Can Be A Struggle If You Moved
Voting in the 2020 Presidential election celebrates the 100th-year anniversary of the passage of the landmark voting rights amendment in...
Chicago Property Owners Are Bracing For Hefty Tax Hikes
Chicago property owners are financially battered from years of being slapped with higher real estate taxes and municipal fees, so it’s...
Chicago Leads Nation In Adaptive-Reuse Housing Development
Chicago, the city of big shoulders, has done a remarkable job of preserving many of its vintage buildings and utilizing a concept called...
North Side Property Owners Still Haunted By Berrios’ Ghost
Will thousands of North Side and Northwest Side property owners continue to be haunted in 2020 and 2021 by the ghost of former Cook...
Lords Of Lane Tech Class Rings Speak Up On Indian Issue
The Indian-loving Lane Tech tribe is on the warpath. Potential removal of an iconic Native American statue—as the focal point of Lane...
Despite Turbulent Market Chicago Home Sales Post 5% Gain
The Windy City’s real estate market in the summer of 2020 was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, protests, marches for black lives, riots and...
Chicago ‘Pop-Up’ Casino Is Perfect Fit For Lakeside Center
Now that the Windy City’s budget deficit has hit $1.2 billion, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is spinning the roulette wheel and pushing for the...
Remember The Great Depression? Money Costs Much Less Today
Any elderly American who is alive today and lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s would blink their wrinkled, cataract-filled...