The Home Front

Second of two articles. Potential removal of the iconic Native American statue—as the focal point of Lane Tech College Prep High School’s...

First of two articles. War was hell for thousands of Lane Tech High School students who fought on battlegrounds around the globe. Lane...

Is an economic bubble about to burst creating a domino effect in the nation’s rental apartment market? With unemployment soaring over the...

Chicago’s hotel and rental apartment markets are undergoing dramatic changes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With tens of thousands of...

Home-loan interest rates have plummeted to a historic record low of 2.98% nationwide—the lowest ever recorded by the Freddie Mac’s...

With an expansive mixed-use corner site featuring apartments and an adjoining 30-car parking lot, Chicago Joe’s restaurant, at 2256 W....

The world of real estate buying and selling may never be the same after the year of the virus. Virtually all purchasers now rely on...

Despite battling the virus plague, protests, riots and social unrest, Chicago’s North Side real estate market surprisingly is showing...

While protesters were marching and looters were smashing windows, stealing and burning buildings, wheels of progress were quietly turning...

The Mortgageland interest-rate roller coaster has plummeted to a historic record low of 3.15% nationwide—the lowest ever recorded by the...

Buying a home during the COVID-19 crisis may not be a life or death situation, but the market currently is coming out of a coma. “There...

Apparently, a few unscrupulous Chicago-area landlords are practicing “rent gouging” in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, apartment...

“Never waste a good crisis,” said former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In the spirit of that quote, after the coronavirus is brought under...

Back in the day, long before the virus plagued Chicago’s once-thriving real estate market, the closing of property sales transactions...

While real estate is still listed as an “essential service”—just like groceries and liquor stores—the world-wide coronavirus epidemic...

The end of the Bull Market and stock-market declines sparked by the coronavirus economy are driving more and more serious buyers into...

While Chicagoans and most Americans continue to wrestle with the widespread shutdowns from the coronavirus and a broad pullback in...

Reeling from years of real estate tax increases “Ma and Pa” owners of small apartment properties are wondering what hikes are on the...