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Looking ahead to 2013 community association agendas
Year after year, community associations deal with an assortment of issues and challenges. Some are perennial, like what to do about owners who don't pick up after their dogs. Others rarely appear on the agenda, like keeping everyone safe during the...
Tags: NATO, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgages
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Have your house and rent it, too?
Many empty nesters and other homeowners who yearn for a smaller footprint (and less upkeep) choose to sell their homes and downsize to smaller purchased properties. But in the current real estate market, it can be difficult to sell a house at the...
Tags: Finance, Real Estate Buyers, Layoffs and Downsizing, Property, Homes
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Chicago-area housing market continues slow comeback
The Chicago-area housing market continued to take steps toward recovery in November, posting numbers that are fostering expectations of a much-improved 2013. The Illinois Association of Realtors said Thursday that 7,604 existing single-family homes and...Tags: Homes, Inventories, Financial and Business Services, Services and Shopping, Foreclosures
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Land bank would revitalize distressed properties
A land bank that would acquire, manage and repurpose vacant and abandoned properties in Cook County is one step closer to reality. Two months after its formation, an advisory committee appointed by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is...
Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Financial and Business Services, Housing Industry, Advertising, Toni Preckwinkle
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Industry starts to digest mortgage rules
Long-awaited mortgage lending rules announced Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau brought generally positive reviews from lenders and consumer groups but they're still waiting for the other shoes to drop. Long-awaited mortgage lending...
Tags: Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Banking, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Property flipping regains traction in Chicago area
Property flipping is gaining speed again in the Chicago area. During the first six months of the year, 1,067 homes were flipped in the seven-county Chicago area, a 30 percent increase from 2011's first half, according to RealtyTrac, a real estate data...
Tags: Homes, South Holland, Services and Shopping, Netherlands, Mortgages
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Paying mortgage isn't a top priority in tough times, research shows
If we've learned one thing from the housing downturn, it's that making the monthly mortgage payment is no longer a sacred concept in many American households. In recent years, when facing financial pressure, homeowners have been more likely to let the...Tags: Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Financial and Business Services, Chicago Tribune
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Wells Fargo settlement: A predatory lender pays up
Baltimore's effort to recover millions of dollars in lost revenue stemming from the wave of home foreclosures that followed the collapse of the housing market in 2007 was vindicated Thursday when Wells Fargo Bank, the nation's largest mortgage lender,...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Finance, Housing and Urban Planning, Justice System, Financial and Business Services
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ANALYSIS: Hiring is a function of demand. The economy at a glance
WASHINGTON (AP)— The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker. Only 69,000 jobs were added in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate rose from 8.1 percent to 8.2 percent. The dismal jobs data will heighten fears that the economy...
Tags: Ben Bernanke, Consumers, Employment, Consumer Goods Industries, Scott P. Brown
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"Stay in Touch" : Julie Roth, Gina Linn Espinoza, Patty Newgrass and Veronica Platero
As Imperial Valley’s more than 1,500 high school seniors toss up their mortar boards this spring, most will likely make vows of lifelong friendship to one another, promising never to lose touch and to always be there in the best of times and the...
Tags: Justice System, Colleges and Universities, Education, Mortgages, Crime, Law and Justice
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Low interest rates and inventory fuel home sales
More homes were sold in the Chicago area last month than in any October since 2006, fueled by low interest rates and buyer sentiment that prices may finally be stabilizing and, in some areas, moving off the bottom. Sales of existing single-family...
Tags: Finance, Real Estate Buyers, Consumer Confidence, Real Estate Sales, Condos
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Illinois housing market not keeping pace with national recovery
Almost 8 percent of home mortgage loans in Illinois were delinquent at the end of September, and the state remains one of the worst in the nation for foreclosures, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday. The group's quarterly delinquency...
Tags: Financial and Business Services, Mortgages
Dec 6, 2012
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Nov 30, 2012
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Jan 11, 2013
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Oct 4, 2012
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Jun 10, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jul 15, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 1, 2012
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Jun 19, 2012
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Nov 19, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Nov 16, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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