Archive for March, 2011
How to Save Money on Your Monthly Home Payment
Often, people who have owned their Chicago homes for a while just assume they’re stuck with their monthly payment amounts and can do nothing to save money on that particular budget item. But listen up – there could be a way! Your annual homeowner’s insurance is paid monthly through your mortgage, right? That’s one place [...]
Friday a Free Day in Chicago, No Joke
Friday is a Free Day in Chicago, according to one shoe company, but it’s also April 1, so we have some free events to list as evidence that we aren’t playing an April Fool’s Day joke on our Chicagoland Real Estate Forum readers. Nike has declared April 1 a “Free Day” and is inviting all [...]
Low Mortgage Rates Provide Little Impact on Housing Activity
It’s been a rough news week for the U.S. real estate market. Though mortgage rates continue to inch up, they are still relatively low — not that they are doing much to spur activity in the industry. Freddie Mac released its Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week ending March 31 with these results: *30-year [...]
Chicago Area to Welcome More Hollywood Crews
Chicago residents enjoyed watching movie crews tear up portions of the Loop during last summer’s filming of “Transformers 3,” even though it meant enduring street closures and public transportation reroutes. Now another movie is slated to be shot here, but to watch the action, you’ll have to drive quite a ways outside the city. It [...]
Chicago Residents Try Reality TV to Launch Careers
Don’t you just love reality television? Did you know there is a reality series being taped right here in Chicago? Kenmore Appliances has launched a fashion competition called “So You Wanna Be A Designer” in which six new fashion designers show off their wares in a battle to win $20,000 and a pair of Kenmore [...]
