This training will provide course info and certification for attendees. It is a great opportunity for tradespeople, but also building...

In six places in the south suburbs, the Cook County Assessor’s estimate of homes’ taxable value dropped in the 2017 reassessment, which...

Illinois Housing Development Authority: Abandoned Property Program (APP) Round 3 Applications The Illinois Housing Development Authority...

The orange kitchen, despite having a coveted island, needs updated appliances, new cabinetry and flooring. The toilet in the main floor...

The Joliet City Council will decide this week whether to spend $50,000 to buy two blighted homes at 833 South Richards Street and 837...

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Cook County Land Bank Authority; please share with your communities: Are you looking to purchase your own home but having trouble finding...

The county was named a SolSmart Bronze designee by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) in the 2017 SolSmart...

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) and Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) have...

The filing with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development amends a complaint first filed in February 2014 accusing Deutsche...

Image courtesy of Google. Two pairs of towns, one far north and the other far south, had the fastest-moving real estate markets in the...

“This is even better than a freeze. We’re going down,” said Mike Fricilone, R-Homer Glen, referring to the county’s portion of the...

Image courtesy of Advantax. Although Chicago property tax rates jumped 10 percent in 2016, they still aren’t close to the oppressive...

By understanding local housing submarkets, communities can develop more targeted and effective approaches to meet local housing needs....

The mother of two teen boys was six months behind in her mortgage and was in foreclosure on her Hazel Crest home. She found help through...

The Home Accessibility Program is funded by the Illinois Housing Development Authority to help homeowners address long over-due home...

The ruling was a mixed one for Miami, which was at the forefront of a move by cities nationwide to sue big lending institutions under the...

So, what’s going on? In a new documentary called Poverty, Politics and Profit, NPR and PBS Frontline reporters set out to answer that...

In short, purchasing a home isn’t a financial step to take lightly. Perhaps that’s why 74 percent of millennials say that saving for a...

You can’t do much about most taxes. If you want to buy something in Cook County, you have no choice but to pay the 9 percent sales tax....