Chicago Real Estate News

Yesterday | via Los Angeles Times 

Reporting from Washington - That some underwater owners -- whose houses are worth less than what they owe -- are walking away from their homes even though they can still afford to make their mortgage payments has been well reported, if not well documented.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Foreclosures

Jan 18, 2008 | via The CW Washington, WDCW-TV 

Should you upgrade the kitchen countertops splurge on a whirlpool tub and add five feet to your family room? Home buyers face decisions like these every day as they weed through the selections process.

Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Home Selling

Friday | via WBBM-AM Chicago 

CHICAGO a * A Cook County judge reportedly has appointed a receiver to take over the Block 37 mall project in the Chicago Loop, as part of a foreclosure lawsuit filed by the developer's lenders.

Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Entertainment, The Block, Television, Foreclosures

Friday Nov 20 | via Red Bluff Daily News 

Terry Savage is a registered investment adviser and is on the board of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Chicago, IL, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Home Buying

Friday Nov 20 | via Wheaton Sun 

Times of operation and sufficient parking once were the major concerns involving a proposal to open an Islamic facility in DuPage County.

Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Chicago, IL, Lisle, IL, Naperville, IL, Home, Mortgage

Saturday | via WLS 

Struggling homeowners in Illinois will soon get some guidance. Officials with the Illinois Housing Development Authority say they've approved allocating $1.4 million in federal grant money to pay for free counseling for homeowners.

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

Saturday | via Telegraph Herald 

CAIRO, Ill. -- Authorities say two women found dead in a burning house in the far southern Illinois town of Cairo had been fatally shot.

Related Topix: Illinois, Cairo, IL, Foreclosures, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Energy

Saturday | via American Reporter 

Until yesterday your choices for depositing safe money around the globe were basically Ireland, Germany or the Mafia.

Related Topix: Mafia, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Illinois, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Friday Nov 13 | via The Daily Gazette 

STERLING – Patty Martinez-Cox of Century 21 Results attended the Illinois Association of Realtors 93rd annual convention Sept.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Illinois

Friday | via Omaha World-Herald 

Significant economic weakness remains in the rural Midwest, a survey of small-town bankers in 11 states indicates, although the resulting index improved for the third straight month.

Related Topix: Creighton University, Housing, Agriculture, Science, Illinois, Colorado, Colorado Government, Nebraska Government, Nebraska

1 hr ago | via The State 

John Fritzsch knew he was behind on his payments to his homeowners association, but he was still floored when he learned those late payments had led the association to foreclose on his condominium in Myrtle Beach.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Myrtle Beach, SC

1 hr ago | via The Patent Trader 

New zoning in the south end of the village aimed at attracting more residential and commercial tenants will be promoted to business leaders and real estate agents in coming days now that it's been approved.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Marketing

1 hr ago | via NAFCU 

Nov. 23, 2009 - Credit unions have until Wednesday to save on NAFCU's next webcast, which will provide an overview of changes to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act requirements that took effect Oct.

Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

1 hr ago | via WFMY-TV Greensboro 

The catch, only first time home buyers can cash in. Devonn Williamson says she knew she wanted her own space, but didn't know if she could afford it.

Related Topix: Alamance County, NC, Burlington, NC, Mortgage, Home

1 hr ago | via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 

Ready to sell your home? Want to sell it for less? Welcome to Lubbock Discount Realty, your full-service discount real estate company with local agents that live and work right here in West Texas.

Related Topix: Lubbock, TX, Home Listing, Home, Home Selling, West, TX, Real Estate