Archive for January, 2010
Walt Disney’s First Chicago Home Remains Unsold
On the far northwest side of Chicago, in the Hermosa Community area, the home in which Walt Disney was born failed to sell last summer. Yes, THAT Walt Disney was born in Chicago in the early 20th century. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the current owner Radoje Popovic had hopes of creating a Disney museum [...]
Property Tax Bills Set to Jump in Cook County For 2009 Tax Year
If you live in Cook County, you may have noticed an incremental increase in your real estate tax bill. The first installment of your real estate bill, for the first half of the 2009 tax year for Chicago real estate, has traditionally amounted to half the previous year’s total tax bill. The bill which was [...]
Chicago Homes Continue To Sell in December
Despite continued doom and gloom on jobs, the economy and real estate in general, Chicago real estate again is showing signs of life. For the sixth consecutive month, year over year sales have increase from the previous year’s month. In other words, 5,752 existing single-family homes and condos sold in December, a 33 percent increase [...]
Ryland Homes Makes Dream A Reality for Couple at Lancaster Falls in Volo
As a bartender, Krissy Yurko is well-known for mixing up a top-notch cocktail that never fails to satisfy. But as a homeowner, she felt about as frustrated as a martini poured into a shot glass. Until, that is, she and her husband Rick discovered Ryland Homes and its Lancaster Falls community of single-family homes in [...]
International Builders Show Attendees Note Sounds Of Optimism!
Ending its four days in Las Vegas, approximately 55,000 builders, remodelers and other members of the home building industry attended the National Association of Home Builders’ International Builders’ Show. So what was the prevalent mood among attendees according to Ron Cook of Tamko Building Products? “I’d call it cautious optimism,” said Ron Cook of Tamko [...]
