Archive for January, 2012

Foreclosure Listings Down in Chicago

By Scott Berg at 20 January, 2012, 10:21 pm

Looking at Chicago foreclosure listings were down 1% in the last 30 days.  Foreclosure listings made up 12.4% of the total number of properties listed in the MLS during the last 30 days.  This compares with  13.4% in the  the 30 days preceding. Short sales were also down 3% during the same period and stood at [...]

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Chicago Homes – Market Update

By Scott Berg at 19 January, 2012, 9:28 pm

Chicago Homes – Market Update

The average list price of Chicago homes for sale is currently strongest at the high end (homes priced above $394,000) and weakest at the low end.  The low end homes are most affected by foreclosures and average list prices have dropped 4.1% over the last year. Over the same period however the median closed sales [...]

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Where Do The Chicago Bears Call Home?

By Scott Berg at 5 January, 2012, 3:11 pm

Where do the Chicago Bears live?  Well they don’t own homes in the City of Chicago. Bob Goldsborough posted this story today at Chicago Real Estate Scene about where the Chicago  Bears do choose to own real estate and call home. Of course all this could change shortly as heads are currently rolling at Halas [...]

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