All Entries in the "Suburban Cook" Category
Mr. Fix-It Wants to Fix Your Chicago Home
My dream is to have a home improvement expert come in to my Chicago real estate and fix the place up. For free, of course. Now I actually might have that chance, and you do too. Chicago’s Lou Manfredini is taking his Mr. Fix-It show on the road and into the homes of six lucky [...]
Lawsuit Approves Illinois Landowner’s Right of Way to Collect
Current and former owners of land located next to or under railroad Rights of Way in Illinois may be eligible for a cash payment thanks to a class action settlement. The case of McDaniel v. Qwest Communications Corp. involves fiber-optic cable and related telecommunications equipment installed in railroad Rights of Way throughout Illinois. The suit [...]
More Evidence of a Home Buyer’s Market
Yesterday, we reported about Chicago real estate values and how it will most likely continue to be a buyer’s market for at least the rest of the year. Today, there is more evidence to support that theory. The Illinois Association of REALTORS has released its first quarter 2011 report to show that the sale of [...]
Where Did All the Chicagoans Go?
The Census Bureau has released some new facts about Illinois and the 2010 Census, and some of the statistics are startling. Let’s start with the Windy City, which is still the third largest city in the country, despite the fact that more than 200,000 Chicago residents have moved out over the last decade. In fact, [...]
President Declares Chicago a Disaster Area Thanks to the Blizzard of 2011
This weekend marks something very important to Chicago: Sunday is the first day of Spring. Since temperatures have risen above 35 degrees it seems like most Chicago residents have stripped their bodies of winter coats in anticipation of warmer weather. And, we deserve those warmer temps. This winter was brutal. So brutal that President Barack [...]
