February 8, 2012 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
BERWYN, IL – February 8, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Governor Pat Quinn was joined today by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and six Cook County mayors to announce a new initiative to return vacant, foreclosed properties to productive use. A…
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February 2, 2012 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
CHICAGO, IL – February 2, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — As part of his commitment to affordable housing and foreclosure prevention, Governor Pat Quinn today announced the launch of the statewide Illinois Foreclosure Prevention Network (IFPN) in his Stat…
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January 23, 2012 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
SPRINGFIELD, IL – January 23, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — A combination of unseasonably mild weather, historically low mortgage rates and attractive market pricing led to a sixth straight month of increases in home sales, according to data released by t…
Read the full article: December Illinois Home Sales Mark Sixth Month of Year-over-Year Gains 2011 Sales Close to 2010, Chicago PMSA Up 1.3 Percent ...
January 23, 2012 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
Northbrook, IL – January 23, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Advance Auto Parts property located at 1535 West Lane Road in Machesney Park, IL for…
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January 13, 2012 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
ROSEMONT, Ill., Jan. 12, 2012 –Jim Dieter, executive vice president of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. and head of the firm’s National Industrial brokerage platform, will co-moderate the Chicago Industrial Summit on Thursday, January 19. Produced by …
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January 11, 2012 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
CHICAGO, IL – January 11, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Director Warren Ribley today announced $3,398,444 in capital funding to ten organizations that will train nearly 700 weatherization spe…
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December 30, 2011 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
PRINGFIELD, IL – December 30, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — A new law set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2012, will help people who rent apartments, condominiums or houses access information about radon levels in their homes. The Illinois Emergency Managem…
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December 21, 2011 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
SPRINGFIELD, IL – December 21, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — According to the Illinois Association of REALTORS® (IAR) latest report, statewide home sales (including single family and condominiums) in November 2011 totaled 7,954 homes sold, up 14.2 percen…
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December 16, 2011 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
CHICAGO, IL – December 16, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Governor Pat Quinn today announced the commitment of $15 million in Illinois Jobs Now! capital program funds to launch a housing program to help people with disabilities live indepe…
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December 15, 2011 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
December 15, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — A metro-east resident was sentenced yesterday, December 13, 2011, in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, for participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and evade the payment of fed…
Read the full article: Metro-East Woman Sentenced on Mortgage Loan Fraud and Tax Fraud Offenses ...