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NATO Survival Guide for Chicago Residents
The NATO Summit is still several days away and the city has already seen cars towed and protestors arrested. Chicagoland Real Estate Forum has been updating its readers on changes and security measures around the city of Chicago, including road closures, public transportation reroutes and train procedures. Click the link in this paragraph for those [...]
Oak Park Home Earns LEED Platinum Certification
The home at 1135 North Grove in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park has earned LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for achievement in green homebuilding and design. This marks the first residence in Oak Park, home to historical properties built by notable architects, to receive LEED certification. LEED for Homes [...]
North Shore Beauties to Open Their Doors
Winnetka is an affluent North Shore suburb filled with beautiful and historic metro Chicago real estate. On Wednesday, five homes will open their doors for what has been voted “The Best Housewalk on the North Shore.” This year’s theme for the Winnetka Club’s 2012 Annual Housewalk is “Lifestyles,” and the five homes chosen for the [...]
New NAHB Website Focuses on Threats to Homeownership
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has launched a new website to shine a light on threats to homeownership. The website, ProtectHomeownership.com, focuses on the many threats facing homeowners and the housing industry such as: The push to eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. Policies that would make mortgages and small business loans unaffordable and [...]
O’Hare Construction Job Fair This Week
The key to a housing recovery is a stable job market, so we like to bring our readers information on opportunities as we find them, and it just so happens that we found a project at a Chicago real estate hub that needs general contractors. The Terminal 5 concessions area at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport is [...]
