irst time home buyers have been responsible for over 40% of homes sold in the past year. Home sales are up 9.2% overall in September 2009 compared to September 2008, which experts attribute to the first-time buyer tax credit that is in effect on all homes closed between now and the end of November, according [...]
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September 16, 2009
Save up to $100K on an Eastgate Village Home!
Saving 6 figures on a home is huge news, but so is the fact that Eastgate Village is FHA approved with just a 3.5% down payment required for qualified buyers. This is an incredible offer that will not last long! The deadline to take advantage of this fantastic deal is almost upon us, so click [...]
August 26, 2009
New West and Near West Side Highlighted in Sun Times
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, “urban pioneers searching for a new and upcoming neighborhood to settle might want to consider Tri-Taylor West on the Near West Side. The emerging neighborhood of modest Italianate brick row houses and small, single-family homes, worker cottages and modest two-flats is bounded roughly by I-290, Western, Ogden and Kedzie.”
The community [...]
August 19, 2009
Single-Family Housing Starts and Permits Rise in July
Because July was likely the last month to get home construction underway in time for families to take advantage of the government tax credit, it remains to be seen what the housing market will do in the next couple months. Nevertheless, another month of growth is encouraging news.
From NAHB.org:
“Single-family housing starts posted a 1.7 percent [...]
August 7, 2009
Friday Batch of Links
John Hughes passed away yesterday at the age of 59, leaving behind a wife, kids, grandchildren and more than a few iconic films. Hughes wrote and directed some classic movies of the 1980s and 90s (including The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and Home Alone) and routinely shot in Chicago’s suburbs or in [...]
