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June 2008 - Posts

• Life on the fringes of U.S. suburbia becomes untenable with rising gas costs

  Life on the fringes of U.S. suburbia becomes untenable with rising gas costs By Peter S. Goodman Tuesday, June 24, 2008 ELIZABETH, Colorado: Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:30 PM by Donald Driessen | 0 Comments Filed under: Far West Suburbs Chicagoland

• Detroit Values Plunge on Auto Woes! 18% from 2007.

  Home prices for much of America continued downward through April, erasing gains made since 2004, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices released this morning. The April S&P/Case-Shiller figures show that home prices declined by 15.3% Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:28 AM by Donald Driessen | 0 Comments Filed under: Detroit Values Plunge Chicago Real Estate

• Case-Schiller Home-Price Index, suggest we may be nearing the bottom of the market in some areas!

  S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Fell 15.3% in April (Update2) By Shobhana Chandra June 24 (Bloomberg) -- Home prices in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas fell in April by the most on record, signaling the housing recession is far from over, a private survey Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:10 PM by Donald Driessen | 0 Comments Filed under: Case-Schiller index Real Estate Bottom

• Chicago Market Stats As of End of May 2008 From May 2007.

  Please find attached in PDF. Read More... Posted Saturday, June 21, 2008 3:57 PM by Donald Driessen | 0 Comments Filed under: Chicago Real Estate Market Statistics Attachment(s): ChicagoMarketStatisticsMay2008.pdf

• Andersonville: A slice of life

  chicagotribune.com Andersonville: A slice of life Tucked away in the middle of everything, neighborhood grows at its own pace By Mary Lu Laffey Special to the Tribune June 13, 2008 Christopher Watson started his search for a condo by reading a tourism Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:59 AM by Donald Driessen | 0 Comments Filed under: Chicago real estate Andersonville condo sales

• Creative Financing when Loans are Few and Far Between

  What's old is new again in buying Rent-to-own, forecasting just a few of the tricks By Marilyn Kennedy Melia Special to the Tribune June 15, 2008 Slow real estate market? Not if you're talking about how homes deals are struck with changes fast Read More... Posted Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:51 AM by Donald Driessen | 0 Comments Filed under: Chicago Home Equitity Refinance, Chicago Creative Real Estate Financing Seller Financing

• Home-equity data not as bleak as it may seem

  Home-equity data not as bleak as it may seem Many U.S. markets relatively unscathed Washington Post Writers Group June 15, 2008 on error resume next r0=IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5")) if(r0 WASHINGTON—As a home owner, seller Read More... Posted Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:29 AM by Donald Driessen | 0 Comments Filed under: Chicago Home Equitity Refinance