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Gov. Blagojevich proclaims April as Fair Housing Month in Illinois

Blagojevich officials marked the 40th anniversary of federal Fair Housing Act and the one hundred-year anniversary of Springfield Race Riots of 1908 Deputy Governor...

Gov. Blagojevich Applauds Senate Committee Action on Landmark Homeowner Protection Legislation

New measure creates 60-day moratorium on foreclosure if families seek help SPRINGFIELD – The Homeowner Protection Act, Senate Bill 1998, first announced by Governor Blagojevich...

Chicago Foreclosure Activity Up 8 Percent in February

Chicago Foreclosure Rate Second Highest Among Top 5 Metros Illinois Foreclosure Activity Up 12 Percent IRVINE, Calif. – March 28, 2008 — The eight-county Chicago metropolitan...

HUD Charges Chicago Landlord with Violating Fair Housing ACT

Landlords allegedly discriminated against families with childrenWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it has charged Chicago landlords...

HUD Charges Chicago Landlord with Violating Fair Housing ACT

Owner’s online ad allegedly discriminated against men and families with children WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it...

JACKSON AND DALEY STRESS FORECLOSURE PREVENTION IN CHICAGO

HUD Secretary and Mayor encourage at-risk homeowners to attend city's "Borrower Outreach Day"  CHICAGO - Foreclosure does not have to be inevitable. That was the...

Gov. Blagojevich urges seniors and disabled persons to sign-up for Illinois Cares Rx and...

CHICAGO - Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today is urging older adults and people with disabilities to apply for Illinois Cares Rx and Circuit Breaker...

Credit Crunch Shifts Emphasis to Top-Notch Management Skills for Driving Commercial Property Values, Says...

CHICAGO, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "As the sub-prime mortgage crisis depresses the commercial credit market, which until recently had fueled soaring real estate investment...

Catylist and Corporate Connection Online Launch Commercial Real Estate Listing Service

Catylist Inc, a Chicago-based software company, and Corporate Connection Online Inc., a Chicago-based market research company, have partnered to create a new commercial real...

Experian Helps Marketers More Quickly Tap Into New Movers

New mover addresses delivered more quickly with weekly file updates SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost 14 percent of the U.S. population moves annually,...

Turnaround Pros See Housing Crisis Lasting Through 2008

Homebuilding and Mortgage Lending Industries Likely To Face Most Trouble CHICAGO, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Still unfurling, the housing crisis of 2007 is the source...

Bush/Paulson Plan is a Lump of Coal for Working Class Families

Chicago—The National Training and Information Center (NTIC) who released a study on Monday documenting new foreclosures in Chicago during the first half of 2007...

Simple Living, Inc. Offers Luxury Lifestyle Moving Services for Chicagoans Moving Into a New...

Full service, luxury lifestyle moving services comes to Chicago, complete with your own personal chef on move-in day. For those moving into a new...

Illinois Median Sale Price Off 1.5 Percent at $195,000 in October Chicago Median Price...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The median home sale prices rose or remained even in the majority of Illinois counties in October with...

Majestic Properties Launches A Nationwide Developer Tour Entitled: Global Property Showcase

On November 26, 2007, Global Property Showcase (GPS) will kick off a new exposition dedicated to bridging the gap between worldwide developers and consumers...

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Investigation by CHA and HUD Inspectors General ends with guilty plea...

The Chicago Housing Authority will receive restitution for money stolen by a former contractor and her husband after the pair pleaded guilty to stealing funds intended for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, a crime that was exposed following an investigation by the CHA’s Office of the Inspector General.

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Make Your Garage Door Quieter

How to Make Your Garage Door Quieter

Did you know that the structural noise from a garage can be anywhere from 5 decibels to 20 decibels above the background noise levels? And if you are wondering how much change would a 20-decibel increase make, then consider this – with a rise of 20 decibels, the sound energy increases by a factor of 100!