Bellwood Real Estate News

17 hrs ago | via The Doings Weekly 

In the wake of hefty tax bills in November, Lyons Township homeowners will see a 7 percent drop in their 2009 assessments for taxes payable in late 2010, and Proviso Township owners will note a 5 percent decrease.

Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Lyons, IL, Cook County, IL, Foreclosures, Hinsdale, IL, Bridgeview, IL

Sunday Dec 13 | via CBS2 

Share + Dec 13, 2009 11:10 am US/Central Filings were reported on 19,946 properties-the highest monthly total for Illinois since January 2005 and up 57 percent from a year earlier.

Related Topix: Illinois, Foreclosures

Saturday Dec 12 | via Chicago Sun-Times 

Illinois posted the third-highest state total of homes receiving foreclosure filings last month, RealtyTrac's latest report shows.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Illinois, Cook County, IL, Sports

Friday Dec 4 | via Journal & Topics Newspapers 

We will be away from Glenview for a few months, but reading the local papers here in Tucson makes me feel at home.

Related Topix: US News, Cook County, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Abortion

Thursday Dec 3 | via The Deerfield Review 

Representatives of groups who work with the homeless voiced frustration Thursday about a severe cutback in state funds to help people remain in their homes, saying it could prove more expensive in the long run.

Related Topix: Evanston, IL, Cook County, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Healthcare Law, Law

5 hrs ago | via News Press 

The Lee County Board of County Commissioners has appointed Cape Coral City Councilman Chris Chulakes-Leetz to the Tourist Development Council.

Related Topix: Illinois, Psychology, Science, Housing, HIV/AIDS, Health

9 hrs ago | via Decatur Tribune 

Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has issued a news release regarding the sale of the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center at public auction for $6.5 million on Monday, He said he is making good on his pledge to end a 29-year political and financial saga that has cost taxpayers nearly $30 million.

Related Topix: Illinois, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Monday | via UPI 

New Federal guidelines on short sales are likely to have a meaningful and beneficial impact on the metropolitan Chicago real estate market, according Jim Merrion, regional director of the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Illinois, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing

Monday | via Wisconsin Technology Network 

CHICAGO It seems like toxic assets go down better when mixed with KoolAid. The residential real estate has taken a big hit in the last couple of years and there are banks that don't want to show the full impact of bad inventory they still have.

Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, Illinois, Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

Sunday Dec 13 | via WLS-TV Chicago 

Illinois ranks third in the nation in foreclosures based on a report by Realty Trac.

Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, Foreclosures, Personal Finance, Mortgage

3 min ago | via WSB-TV 

A sampling of Ben Bernanke's thoughts on various economic issues expressed since his nomination to be chairman of the Federal Reserve, succeeding Alan Greenspan: Fed Philosophy: "If I'm confirmed to this position, my first priority will be to maintain continuity with the policies and policy strategies established during the Greenspan years." -- ...

Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Jim Bunning

5 min ago | via The Huffington Post 

By a better than two-to-one margin, Americans think Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke puts Wall Street ahead of Main Street, according to a new poll by a liberal advocacy group.

Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, US Senate, Bernard Sanders

5 min ago | via Star Tribune 

Sales and prices of homes in Southern California may be showing signs of life, with an increase in sales and prices last month from the same time last year and an unexpected jump in new-home sales, a tracking firm said Tuesday.

Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

7 min ago | via WMTW-TV Auburn 

Focused on keeping the recovery going and driving down double-digit unemployment, the Federal Reserve is poised to leave interest rates at a record low.

Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage

8 min ago | via Philly.com 

When the dust settles in Harrisburg for the Christmas break this week, state lawmakers may well have made Pennsylvania one of the most gambler-friendly places in the nation.

Related Topix: Harrisburg, PA, Games, Blackjack, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Philadelphia, PA, Opinion