Home loan interest rates have dipped for five straight weeks, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage now at 6.67 percent.

A battle is brewing as landlords unite against the newly enacted Northwest Side Housing Preservation Ordinance, which grants extensive rights to renters and is seen by owners as a threat to private ...

Recently reopened in the Loop, the Museum of Illusions has more than 80 visual, sensory, and educational experiences, including mind-bending, never-before-seen optical illusions.

Chicago apartment dwellers likely will see hefty rent increases in early 2024, according to a new national forecast.

Rent prices in Chicago are soaring, with luxury apartments hitting a record $3.61 per square foot. Analysts predict further increases, driven by high property taxes and demand from young professionals ...

Rock bottom mortgage rates, a strong rebound in condominium sales, and plenty of hard work by brokers in 2021 yielded a record year for North Side residential real estate.

Squeezed by sharply higher mortgage interest rates and a shortage of home listings, Chicago's North Side residential real estate market continues to spin its wheels at mid-year 2023.

A ransomware attack on a property management company in Chicago did not get ransom but exposed personal information about unit owners and prospective unit owners at John Hancock Center.

In our emerging economy, learning how to do something, like carpentry, may have more value than going to a university for four expensive years.

(Above) “5,000 bucks. It’s all there, pal,” says John Belushi (left) as Joliet Jake Blues to Steven Spielberg, as a clerk in the Cook County Assessor’s office, in the 1980 film, The Blues Brothers.

Bally's $1.7 billion casino project in Chicago is hitting snags, including a stalled public offering and construction delays. City officials and local residents express concerns over its viability and ...

North Side home and condominium price increases, along with higher mortgage costs, are hitting buyers with a one-two punch this spring.