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Home sales rise again, but prices fall to new low – Chicago Tribune

Home sales rise again, but prices fall to new low
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago area has seen seven months of higher year-over-year home sales, raising the hopes of homeowners seeking to sell their homes this spring. But sellers, take note: Housing prices are headed in the wrong direction. Last month, the median sales ...
Chicago area home sales up, prices down in Jan.WGN Radio
Home sales up in Chicago area, price declines continueChicago Sun-Times
Illinois Sees 16.1 Percent Increase in Home Sales; Strongest January Sales ...Bradenton Herald
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JPMorgan Wagers $72 Billion on Global Home Loans in Yield Hunt: Mortgages – Bloomberg

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JPMorgan Wagers $72 Billion on Global Home Loans in Yield Hunt: Mortgages
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“The bet is they can get a little more yield in areas where they think that they're safe,” said Jim Leonard, an analyst at Morningstar Inc. in Chicago who covers the bank's debt. While mortgage bonds carry a stigma after fueling the worst financial ...
JPMorgan Places $72 Billion Bet on Global Homeowners: MortgagesBusinessWeek

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Send the auto show to the suburbs – Chicago Journal

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Send the auto show to the suburbs
Chicago Journal
When you walk to the car show, you aren't captive to the Connie's pizza and the Chicago hot dogs sold in the aisles. You can stop on the walk home and have great Thai food, bar food or a burrito courtesy of your Reeboks or your Uggs, depending on the ...

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Quinn’s speech vague on major budget problems – Quad City Times

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Quinn's speech vague on major budget problems
Quad City Times
Pat Quinn delivers the State of the Budget Address to a join session of the General Assembly in the House chambers Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 in Springfield, Ill. Behind Quinn are Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, left, ...
Grim Illinois budget focus of Governor Pat Quinn's speechRockford Register Star
Quinn's speech vague on major Ill. budget problemsSTLtoday.com

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Board Approves Closures, Turnarounds – ChicagoNow (blog)

Board Approves Closures, Turnarounds
ChicagoNow (blog)
CHICAGO – The Board of Education today approved several actions proposed by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) leadership that will provide 7500 students in some of the lowest performing schools in the district with access to higher performing school options ...

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Renters face fewer vacancies, rising rates – USA TODAY

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Renters face fewer vacancies, rising rates
USA TODAY
By Bobby Allyn, The (Nashville) Tennesseean NASHVILLE – During the boom years of home buying, property manager Charlie Biter used to offer new apartment tenants one or two months' free rent as a lease enticement. Now, as rental demand continues to ...

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