Dean's Team Chicago Real Estate Blog
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2008
Have you ever heard of Maxwell Street in Chicago? It's a small Chicago street - or WAS one - with a very colorful history! If you live in Chicago, or ever lived here, you know at least some of its story. As of last weekend, the famed Maxwell Street Market is relocating, for the second time since...
09/10/2008
Hi, folks! It seems the City of Chicago is taking another tech leap forward! Effective immediately, anyone - Chicago Resident or Out-of-Towner - can register to receive text messages of city emergencies. Major power outages, weather-related emergencies, fire, flood, or terrorist attack - it's ea...
09/10/2008
Good Morning, All! Did anyone think the U.S. Treasury takeover this weekend of major mortgage investors and guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac solve all of our housing woes? Few did - although many feel this drastic step was necessary to prevent a massive meltdown in the mortgage markets. But ...
09/10/2008
Ah, entrepreneurship! Creativity! It never ceases to amaze me! Here's a way to draw equity from your home, without a mortgage lien, that's even available as traditional lenders are drastically curtailing their Home Equity Line of Credit products. It is now available to select homeowners in Chi...
09/08/2008
Within the last 48 hours, dozens of articles, perhaps scores of posts, have been written detailing the U.S. Treasury Department takeover of Mortgage Giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Here in Chicago, it's all the buzz as well! But . . . what happens now? Beginning last night, experts predicted...
09/08/2008
Good Morning, Active Rainers! Here's the latest Stat Summary on the Chicago Real Estate Market, based on data pulled yesterday evening, September 8, 2008 - Stability in Active Listings continues, while Pending Sales fell to wash out last week's gains, showing a consistent trend, but continued low...
09/08/2008
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Hi, Gang! One more post, and I'm off to enjoy one beautiful Chicago afternoon. We won't get too many more of these before the weather starts getting cold again, you know! I'm sure many cities across North America have similar programs, but a new City of Chicago program, aimed at encouraging hom...
09/07/2008
The drumbeat goes on! Foreclosures increase! Late Mortgage Payments on the rise! The new, 2nd Quarter Mortgage Bankers Association Delinquency Survey was released this week, and it shows that nearly one-tenth of all homeowers are either one-month behind in their mortgage payments, or in some st...
09/07/2008
Good Sunday Morning, Gang! It's a beautiful day here in Chicago - nice, sunny, not too hot. We'll be taking our two lil' Pekes, Buddy & Gracie, for a walk in a while. But, first, a random thought I contemplated when I was tossing and turning a bit in bed last night. Perhaps you Boomers can rel...
09/07/2008
Hi, AR! This week's Chicago Neighborhood News from our Team Member Jennifer Arcand touches on the West Loop, Lincoln Park, and Norwood Park Neighborhoods of Chicago, as well as the Chicago Suburb of Evanston IL. LINCOLN PARK Subsequent to halting the private Latin School from building a soccer fi...
09/05/2008
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