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08/24/2021

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/downtown-chicago-apartment-market-breaking-records-again

After shifting abruptly into reverse in 2020, the market has pushed the accelerator to the floor this year, recovering everything it lost and then some. The recovery has been "stunning," says a consultant.

08/19/2021

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/landlords-florida-california-are-jacking-rents-record-speeds

Even relatively sleepy areas such as Springfield, Ill., are experiencing surging demand for a resource that’s getting ever-more difficult to obtain: somewhere to live.

08/19/2021

https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/08/19/anger-and-panic-as-pilsen-landlords-scramble-to-appeal-skyrocketing-tax-assessments/?fbclid=IwAR2w4ua6ykoCko6rXfmdPyQ851KVOCVlIFuOadDrZ0z0f5ZetCg7Y0WqpnA

About 58 percent of homeowners in the 25th Ward, which includes Pilsen, saw higher property tax bills this year compared to 2020. But more than 93 percent of commercial owners in the ward were hit with tax hikes.

08/18/2021

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/08/17/1028083046/home-prices-are-now-higher-than-the-peak-of-the-2000s-housing-bubble-what-gives

A new study helps to explain the dynamics of our bonkers housing market.

08/12/2021

https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/illinois-home-building-lags-virtually-every-other-state-during-past-decade-51874.cfm

New census data shows Illinois ranked 48th in the U.S. for new single-family home permits during the past decade.Real estate markets in the U.S., including

12/31/2017

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/should-you-pay-your-property-tax-before-the-gop-bill-kicks-in-heres-what-you-need-to-know

Only days after President Trump signed the new tax bill into law, homeowners are already scrambling to take advantage of current deductions and prepay their 2018 property taxes before the new rules take effect. Brenda Flanagan of New Jersey Public Television reports, then Mark Steber of Jackson-Hewi...

11/24/2017

11/15/2017

Home buyers and sellers be on the lookout!

If you're buying a house, you could be vulnerable to real estate cybercrime: thefts of home-purchase money wired to complete closing transactions.

10/24/2017

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10/12/2017

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10/11/2017

If you have ever received a red light or automated speeding ticket in Chicago between 2010 and 2015 here's the website to see if you qualify for a refund in the class-action lawsuit against the City of Chicago.

05/05/2015

While the email disclaimers lawyers use are pointless anyway, the IRS would like you to go ahead and stop using the especially pointless Circular 230 disclaimer: [T]he Circular 230 disclaimer that now...