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HCBA Workshops for Chicago Homeowners

The Historic Chicago Bungalow Association (HCBA) is offering exciting and informative seminars for Chicago homeowners in the month of May. The HCBA workshop series presents the Vintage Masonry Repair Workshop on Saturday, May 12 at the Avalon Park Library located at 8148 South Stony Island in Chicago and Saturday, May 26 at the U.S. Heritage [...]

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United Center seeks Huge Expansion… Hopefully Championships Arrive First

The Chicago Blackhawks are done for the season. Derrick Rose has a torn ACL and will miss the rest of the Chicago Bulls playoff run.  Fans across the Chicagoland real estate region, from the south suburbs to the northern most point of the state, are devastated watching their favorite Chicago teams suffer. So what is [...]

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NATO is Coming: Should You Leave Your Chicago Real Estate?

In just a couple weeks, international delegates from around the world will come to Chicago for the NATO summit, an event that has many local residents wondering if they should be planning a trip out of town. On May 20-21, Chicago will host the 25th North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, the first NATO Summit [...]

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Chicago Residents can gauge Home Energy Use with New App

How much do you think about your energy use? With an emphasis on greener living taking over the real estate market as more home owners and new home buyers focus on being environmentally friendly, a new Facebook app will let consumers gauge their home’s energy use against other metro Chicago real estate. The social energy [...]

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After a Long Hiatus, Bidding Wars Make a Comeback

Something strange is happening across the national real estate market: Bidding wars. With all the sustained news of foreclosures, shorts sales, high rent and low home prices dominating the Chicago housing market, one would think the bad news would stick around like the city’s notoriously nasty winters. However, on a long enough timeline, things have [...]