A Bit of Bright News in The Chicago Home Market

With all the economic, financial and credit turmoil that seems to be in the news lately, the web site, Happy Real Estate News, discloses actual, reported home sales- and price-related data. Created and maintain by IMS, a researcher for the real estate industry, the information presented there seems to be a breath of fresh air [...]

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Freddie & Fannie: What’s the Bailout Mean?

Unless you’ve been under a financial rock the past week or so, doubtless you know of the federal government’s announcement that it would bail out two of the nation’s largest mortgage holders (by some accounts, they hold 50% of all mortgages in the U.S.), Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. But what does this mean for [...]

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