County works to remove private data from web site
Monday Dec 28 | via Oswego Ledger-Sentinel
Kendall County residents can now request to have private information removed from legal documents on the County Recorder's web site. Comment?
DeKalb County lagging in home sales
Thursday Dec 24 | via Daily Chronicle
November was a bright spot in home sales for most of the nine-county Chicagoland region, as eight counties saw double- or even triple-digit increases in the number of homes sold over November 2008, according to numbers released by the Illinois Association of Realtors on Tuesday. Comment?
Home sales surge in Kane for second straight month, ...
Tuesday Dec 22 | via Kane Co. Chronicle
After many months of retreat, the local housing market might have begun to gain some traction, as home sales in Kane County sharply increased for the second straight month. Comment?
Will, Kendall foreclosure filings down
Friday Dec 11 | via Beacon News
November foreclosure filing totals in Will and Kendall counties followed the state and national pattern of being lower than October's filings, but higher than November 2008 totals. Comment?
Dec 4, 2009 | via Herald News
Community Service Council , Harris Bank and the FDIC announced a free public seminar to help individuals with credit and purchasing a home. Comment?
Yesterday | via Medford Mail Tribune
It was a year of Hope - at first in the sense of ``I feel hopeful!'' and later in the sense of ``I hope this year ends soon!'' It was also a year of Change, especially in Washington, where the tired old hacks of yesteryear finally yielded the reins of power to a group of fresh, young, idealistic, new-idea outsiders such as Nancy Pelosi. Comment?
Yesterday | via The Boston Globe
Dave Barry hereby calls his beer summit to order, in which he serves up the best, worst, and even worse of 2009. Comment?
New ways to become a criminal in 2010
Yesterday | via KTVA Anchorage
From texting to smoking to trans-fats and toy guns, a host of new laws taking effect around the U.S. this New Year's Weekend will clamp down on impolite, unhealthy and sometimes dangerous behaviors - and, hopefully, protect consumers. Comment?
Market MoverA Financial Prescription for the Globe
Thursday Dec 31 | via American Reporter
Until yesterday your choices for depositing safe money around the globe were basically Ireland, Germany or the Mafia. Comment?
Economy dominates list of 2009's top 5 stories
Thursday Dec 31 | via Herald News
Double-digit unemployment. More home foreclosures. Higher property taxes on the horizon amid financial problems in Joliet. Comment?
A small business has options if it can't pay IRS
1 min ago | via Myrtle Beach Online
A day of reckoning is approaching for some small business owners: Oct. 15, when those who got extensions of the deadline for filing 2007 tax returns must now send in their completed forms - and pay any tax they owe. Comment?
Mortgage Approvals Double In Past Year
2 min ago | via Ananova
The number of mortgages approved for house purchase has more than doubled during the past year, figures showed today. Comment?
New start for UK bank Northern Rock after overhaul
2 min ago | via The Plain Dealer
Northern Rock, Britain's first major victim of the global credit crisis, started the new year on Monday under a new structure intended to prepare the mortgage lender to return to the private sector. Comment?
Mortgage lending continues to rise
6 min ago | via UTV
Number of mortgages approved for purchases doubles in year to November, but consumers continue to pay down unsecured debt Monday, 04 January 2010 The number of mortgages approved for house purchases more than doubled in the year to November as the housing market continued to recover from the impact of the credit crunch, figures from the Bank of ... Comment?
Bernanke blames weak financial regulation for housin...
7 min ago | via SNL Financial
Weak financial regulation was responsible for the housing bubble and not the Federal Reserve's loose monetary policy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a speech on Jan. Comment?