Articles tagged 'Foreclosure'

Reports   August 24, 2018

Overview of Chicago's Housing Market

The City of Chicago commissioned the Institute for Housing Studies to develop data to guide conversations around developing Chicago’s 2019-2023 Five-Year Housing Plan.

June 14, 2018

Good news for housing market: Fewer foreclosures and short sales

SOURCE: Crain's Chicago Business
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November 21, 2017

Housing Prices In Some Big American Cities Are Booming. Why Not Chicago?

SOURCE: Here and Now - 90.9 WBUR-FM
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September 21, 2017

Here's the latest area to see recovering home values

SOURCE: Crain's Chicago Business
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Indicators and Data Tools   August 3, 2017

Regional Housing Solutions Data Tool

Recently, IHS worked with Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC), and Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) to develop a housing market analysis to 1) identify the spatial patterns and characteristics of distinct subregional housing markets across northeastern Illinois and 2) identify a set of market-driven strategies responsive to local needs. The results of this collaborative effort were recently released through the Regional Housing Solutions website.

Indicators and Data Tools   July 12, 2016

Chicago Area Housing Market Conditions Report

he Housing Market Conditions Report is released in conjunction with the annual update of the IHS Housing Market Indicators Data Portal. The objective of this report is to help users of the IHS Housing Market Indicators Data Portal interpret IHS market conditions indicators such as levels of foreclosure distress, the characteristics of property sales, or levels of mortgage credit, and how they vary across the region in the most recent data.

Indicators and Data Tools   August 6, 2015

2014 Chicago Area Housing Market Conditions Report

The Housing Market Conditions Report is released in conjunction with the annual update of the IHS Housing Market Indicators Data Portal. The objective of this report is to help users of the IHS Housing Market Indicators Data Portal understand how to interpret IHS market conditions indicators such as levels of foreclosure distress, the characteristics of property sales, or levels of mortgage credit and how they vary across the region in the most recent data.

June 25, 2015

Can a Bank be a Good Neighbor?

The aftermath of the housing crisis has seen major institutional investors scooping up thousands of foreclosed or distressed homes in the Chicago region and throughout the country. Since 2012, HUD, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac have sold more than 130,000 troubled mortgages, the vast majority to private equity firms and hedge...

Reports   October 9, 2013

Overview of the Chicago housing market

Written to inform the development of the City's 2014-2018 Five Year Housing Plan, the Overview of the Chicago Housing Market contains a comprehensive set of maps, charts, and tables meant to both provide background data for the city's housing plan and a comprehensive view of neighborhood housing markets. This book was used to facilitate advisory group discussions of the housing market needs of Chicago’s neighborhoods and to craft the new Five-Year Housing Plan that will guide the City’s policy and investment related to housing from 2014 to 2018.

March 21, 2013

Addressing Long-Term Vacancy: One Policy Approach

This is the second in a series of posts discussing long-term residential vacancy in Chicago and suburban Cook County. For the first post in this series, click here. The first post in this series, Understanding vacancy: Patterns of long-term vacancy in Cook County, discussed why a residential address may become vacant and how properties that...