Archive for June, 2011
Get Ready for a Chicago Heat Wave
Some of you have been complaining that this summer in Chicago has not been hot enough. Well, complain no more, as temperatures are expected to near 100 degrees on Friday. A heat advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service as humidity levels will make it feel like 105. Are you and your Chicago [...]
See Chicago Real Estate Get Destroyed
If Chicago real estate wasn’t in it, I would have no interest in seeing it. If I depended on reviews, that would go double. But I’m still happy it helped the local economy. I’m talking about “Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon,” the movie shot in downtown Chicago last year and debuting in theaters this [...]
Pending Home Sales Move Up
Some encouraging Spring housing numbers could point to a positive summer. The Pending Home Sales Index rose 8.2 percent to 88.8 in May, according to the National Association of Realtors. That is higher than economists had expected and the strongest monthly increase since November of last year. It’s also the first time since April 2010 [...]
Chicago Mayor; Getting the Job Done
As former President Bill Clinton is in town trying to figure out how to add jobs to the U.S. economy — see Chicago Hosts Summit on U.S. Job Growth — Chicago’s mayor seems to be finding them all on his own. Since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office, five companies have made major commitments to add [...]
Research a Remodeling Contractor Carefully
Life, they say, is full of hard lessons to be learned by those who get burned, as echoed in the axioms drilled into us by our elders. “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” comes to mind. “You get what you pay for,” is another. And let’s not forget the oft-used [...]
