All Entries in the "Will" Category

Net-Zero LEED Homes Within Homebuyers’ Reach

A newly formed company thinks the beacon that will attract homebuyers to its patch of dirt in New Lenox isn’t a clubhouse or walking paths, the extras that once drew attention to new subdivisions, but 30-foot-tall vertical-axis wind turbines.

Prairie Ridge Estates, as envisioned by local developers Jim and Phil Regan, could just possibly become the [...]

Governor Signs Bill to Help Illinois Homeowners

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn enacted a law on Sunday that will save Cook County residents money on property taxes and guide other Illinois homeowners through the property-tax process.
The new law extends for three years the Cook County Alternative General Homestead exemption, also known as the “7 percent solution,” which reduces the assessed value of a [...]

Green Subdivision to Break Ground in July

Green building is helping the residential building market resurgence, and it’s happening right here in the Chicagoland area, beginning with the groundbreaking for a LEED-certified subdivision in the southwest suburbs.

Townhome Buyers Appreciate Lower Pricing at Country Club Villas

Shoppers in the market for a deal on a nicely equipped new townhome are invited to join the club at Country Club Villas—a gated community of 122 generously equipped townhomes in Joliet, where attractive new lower prices are all the rage.
“We recently dropped our base prices to accommodate a [...]

New Help for Will County Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

The Illinois Supreme Court today unveiled a residential foreclosure mediation program for homeowners in Will County.
The new program was devised to help keep families in their homes, to ease the financial and emotional burden of foreclosures, and to prevent vacant and abandoned houses from driving down property values.
The program will set up a mandatory meeting [...]