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Evanston assessments to drop 4 percent
8 hrs ago | via Mount Prospect Times
Evanston homeowners will receive new 2009 assessment notices in the next few days showing a 4 percent reduction in their assessed property values from the 2007 assessment. Comment?
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Tuesday Jul 7 | via Planning
The title on Sherry Smith's business card -- homeownership consultant -- doesn't jibe with the 67 active case files stacked on her desk or the boxes filled with folders that line her office walls. 33 comments
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Bank forecloses on home of indicted Blagojevich pal
Wednesday Jul 1 | via Chicago Sun-Times
The man unlucky enough to get indicted three times because of his dealings with Rod Blagojevich just got unluckier. Comment?
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Blago pal Kelly faces foreclosure; open to guilty plea
Tuesday Jun 30 | via Chicago Sun-Times
Longtime Blago adviser, fund-raiser and friend Christopher Kelly, who has been in the government's sights for years, may roll. Comment?
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Housing Bulletin: Bill Rancic Buys and Sellsa "...
Wednesday Jul 1 | via Chicago Magazine
Bill Rancic, the Chicagoan who first won Donald Trump's TV reality show The Apprentice , has turned out to be the buyer of a foreclosed condo at the Park Tower that I wrote about here in early June. Comment?
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Think There's Lots of Time for Tax Credit? Think Again
13 hrs ago | via Black Enterprise
Jul. 10--Do you hear that clock ticking? It's the sound of time creeping up on the expiration of the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. Comment?
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Yesterday | via KWQC-TV Davenport
It's a plan city officials say would create new and improved neighborhoods. And local cities are asking for more than $36-million dollars in stimulus money for improvements. Comment?
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Thursday | via The Doings Weekly
RE/MAX Northern Illinois network recognized area sales associates for their success in 2008 by granting them membership in honorary clubs, recognizing a level of achievement in sales productivity. Comment?
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Mortgage fraud up nationwide, down in Washington, FB...
Wednesday | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Washington is one of the few states where mortgage fraud reports declined last year, according to a new report. Comment?
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Influence on both sides of the border
Apr 6, 2007 | via Myphl17.com
To outsiders, the men and women gathered inside a sleepy West Side restaurant may have seemed unlikely power brokers: a janitor, a real estate agent and others hardly known outside their circuit of neighborhood dances and back-yard barbecues. Comment?
National Headlines
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45-64s hardest hit by recession
3 min ago | via Motherwell Today
People in the run-up to retirement have been hardest hit by the recession due to the double impact of rising unemployment and falling asset values, research shows. Comment?
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Firm expects more first-time home sales
5 min ago | via Kalamazoo Gazette
At a time when much of the real estate market continues to decline, a local home-building company is finding success targeting first-time homebuyers. Comment?
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Lowering house payments not impossible
8 min ago | via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
If you're on the brink of missing a monthly house payment, getting it lowered might be easier than you think. Comment?
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Geithner Touts Plan to Rein In Derivatives
14 min ago | via The Washington Post
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner urged lawmakers yesterday to pass the Obama administration's plan to regulate derivatives, the exotic financial instruments that exacerbated the financial crisis. Comment?
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16 min ago | via WTOV9.com
You should feel safe and secure in your house, but ignoring hidden dangers could risk your family's safety. Comment?
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