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Aug 22, 2013
Housing market heats up in Chicago area with July sales up 36.1%
The Chicago area housing market is once more a safe place for sellers. The Illinois Association of Realtors said Wednesday that...

Aug 15, 2013
Free Help for Struggling Homeowners – Chicagoland area
Help for Homeowners Event Saturday, August 24th, 2013 from 9am – 2pm Solutions Church 4818 Southwick Drive in Matteson, Illinois 60443...


Aug 15, 2013
A Chance to Own a Home for $1 in Gary, a City on the Ropes
“There’s so many,” said Tasha McMiller, 50, a resident dismayed by the estimated 10,000 abandoned homes here. “They’re a burden.”...


Aug 12, 2013
Homewood ranked #3 in CNN story: Best places to live / Where homes are affordable
Median home price: $100,000 Median family income: $86,683 Homewood boasts a large creative class — many residents are musicians,...
Aug 1, 2013
Homeowners can Apply for Illinois’ Hardest Hit Program until Sept. 30
From the Neighborhood and Housing Services website: On Friday, July 19th Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (NHS) participated in a...


Jul 31, 2013
People Pay Cash for Houses in Chicago More Often Than You’d Think
Many of those cash buyers were investors, either the big corporate type or the smaller individual type. But real estate agents and others...
Jul 30, 2013
Offenders clean up abandoned Dolton homes
About 20 offenders with the Cook County Sheriff’s Work Alternative Program cleaned up a dozen abandoned homes in Dolton this week, the...
Jul 24, 2013
Sauk Village participating in land bank program
The Village Board approved a resolution Tuesday for an intergovernmental agreement to include the village in a land program overseen by...


Jul 22, 2013
Opportunities for Investment in Chicago’s Southland Area
The event will take place on August 21, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Registration will start at 8:30 am. The address for the event...


Jul 17, 2013
ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN ANNOUNCES $70 MILLION TO HELP REBUILD ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES DEVASTATED BY FO
National Foreclosure Settlement Funding To Advance Neighborhood Rebuilding Efforts Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced $70 million to...


Jul 16, 2013
Chicago Heights/ CMAP seek public comment on comprehensive plan
This meeting is free and open to the public. At this first meeting, we want to hear what you think Chicago Heights’ comprehensive plan...


Jul 3, 2013
Woodstock Institute: enhanced data collection can help address vacant building problem
Enhanced data collection by municipalities in the Chicago six county region will help the region address the problem of vacant buildings,...
Jun 27, 2013
Kadner: Southland hit with highest tax rates
Ten of the poorest south suburbs are stuck with the highest property tax rates in Cook County. Ford Heights ranks No. 1 on the list...


Jun 26, 2013
Governor Quinn Announces Winners of Illinois Open Technology Challenge
Governor Pat Quinn announced the South Suburbs Housing Investment Tool as one of the winning entries in the pilot competition of the...


May 20, 2013
Southland communities see train stations as development destinations
The sound of a train horn has become a signal for Southland communities to Called “transit-oriented development” in the vernacular of...


May 20, 2013
New land bank will be catalyst for change
The South Suburban Land Bank was formed as a regional economic development tool for municipalities with limited resources and limited...

Feb 15, 2013
Dec 13, 2012
Suburbs Collaborate To Rehab Abandoned And Foreclosed Housing
Suburbs typically fight it out with each other in the battle for federal and state dollars, but now some towns have banded together to...
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