World’s Tallest Building from Chicago Real Estate Firm

The Willis Tower, the tallest piece of Chicago real estate and the tallest building on the continent, stands at 442 meters high. A new tower is going to be built on the other side of the world that will triple that height, and a Chicago-based architectural group is designing it.

How Could a Government Default Affect You?

We’ve been hearing a lot about the debt ceiling. So much, in fact, that President Barack Obama went on television last night and asked for help from you and me to work it out.

But do the American people even know what will happen if lawmakers fail to raise the debt ceiling by the August 2 deadline?

Does anyone really know? After all, it’s never happened before.

If the President and the Republican-heavy House can’t come to an agreement by next week, the United States will no longer be able to pay all of its bills.

Illinois Construction Program Back on Track

Our state has gotten the green light to go ahead with a $31 billion public works program that will be funded in part by the legalization of video gambling.

Chicago Real Estate Producing iPads

Apparently, Chicagoland Real Estate Forum has competition.

Our website has been running a contest in which our readers can win an iTunes gift card in June, July and August; the last one filled with enough dough to purchase a brand new iPad.

We’ve already awarded a reader in May. See:

We Have a Chicago Real Estate Winner; You Can Be One Too!

Chicago and the U.S. received another round of gloomy forecasts for the real estate market last week. According to the Equifax Personal Finance Blog, a wide array of different sources confirmed the bad news for American homeowners, would-be buyers and the housing market as a whole. Real estate expert Ilyce Glink reported this news in her recent article, “Housing Market Predictions: Home Values Continue to Sink.”

Chicago Housing Market Improves

An April Chicago real estate report revealed positive news regarding home sales and home prices throughout our state, though experts are urging home buyers and sellers to act now.

According to the Illinois Association of REALTORS®, April was the third straight month in which our state has posted an increase in home sales.

In April, 8,526 homes were sold in Illinois, a rise of 8.5 percent over the previous month. The median home price was $136,066, a 4.7 percent increase from $130,000 in March.