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Chicago-area home sales jump 72% in November
Chicago-area home sales soared 71.6% in November compared with the same month last year, according to the Illinois Assn. of Realtors. CHICAGO-AREA SALES Below is a monthly year-over-year comparison of home sales (single-family and condo) in the...
Top 10 Least Happiest and Happiest States to Live in
Ever wonder why everyone around you is grumpy and mad? Check your zip code. A new study shows the levels of happiness by state. The New York metro area leads the way with New York as the most unhappiest state to live in followed by Connecticut and...
Home-energy savings fix may be blowin’ in the wind
The popular image of wind power is of a windmill-like tower cranking away on the prairie. The wind power at Kathleen O’Donnell’s North Side home, however, comes from a rooftop device that vaguely resembles a barber pole, without the red-a...
Developer of Glenview retail center files Chapter 11
(Crain’s) — A company formed to develop a 102,000-square-foot shopping center in Glenview has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, thwarting a mezzanine lender’s plan to auction off the company’s stake in the project. Central Park Deve...
Fed will hike rates – in 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — It appears 0% is here for the foreseeable future. A year ago, the Federal Reserve took its key overnight lending rate, the fed funds rate, down to near 0% for the first time in its history in an effort to keep the econ...
Algonquin Commons in Loan Troubles
Algonquin Commons. Photo from Inland Real Estate Corp. After losing two of its largest tenants to bankruptcy, a big shopping center in Algonquin that opened five years ago now faces financial problems of its own. Algonquin Commons, a 565,000-square-f...

