Chicago Mortgage & Real Estate News

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Apartment-finding fee may be worth the price

3/14/2010 12:00 AM

Q My wife and I are looking for an apartment in a cool area of town, and, fortunately, there's a lot to choose from. Many of the listings are handled by apartment-finding companies. Some of them charge the tenants if they find a rental through the company, and some of them say it's free, that the landlord pays the rental fee. Should we avoid the o...Read More

For sale: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bradley House in Kankakee

3/18/2010 8:52 AM

Activists want to transform grand but little-known home into a museum and arts education center .... Barbra Streisand once paid $176,000 for its Frank Lloyd Wright-designed desk. A wealthy media heir was once kidnapped there and buried alive. On Tue...Read More

Budget-decorating workshop set in Orland Park

3/12/2010 12:00 AM

"Home Beautiful on a Budget," a workshop and tea focusing on updating your home without breaking the bank, is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Orland Park Civic Center, 14750 S. Ravinia Ave.

3/12/2010 12:00 AM

The trend in home size over the last decade is neatly summarized by Patrick Richter, president of Richter Builders, a Libertyville custom home builder.

3/14/2010 12:00 AM

Kenya Merritt has no problem paying the property taxes on her Austin neighborhood condo, but she isn't keen on paying taxes for the developer.

3/12/2010 12:00 AM

Two single-family homes and three town homes are available for immediate occupancy in the final closeout at Ivy Hall, an enclave in the University Village neighborhood on the Near West Side.

Prefabulous or a glamorous double-wide?

3/14/2010 12:00 AM

Author thinks consumers ready to embrace sustainable, affordable modular homes .... I've been writing about housing since the days when most people lived in caves. And from Day One on the job, devotees of so-called alternate building methods have be...Read More

Facing mortgage payoff fears

3/12/2010 12:00 AM

Can divorce trigger due-on-sale clause? .... Q My wife and I are in the process of getting a divorce. I am prepared to give her the family home so that our children will not be disrupted any more than they already are. I know that our mortgage lender...Read More

Vince Vaughn reduces rental price of River North town house

3/11/2010 12:00 AM

Actor Vince Vaughn has reduced the rental asking price of his three-bedroom River North town house from $7,800 a month to $6,900.

3/14/2010 12:00 AM

Q. Our condominium board took possession of a unit for nonpayment of assessments. We would like to rent it out, but we want to protect the tenant's rights in the event of a foreclosure or, less likely, the owner pays off his debt to the association.

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