Articles tagged 'Homeownership'
Real estate’s new normal: Homeowners staying put
Why half of Cook County renters pay more than they can afford in rent
Some Chicago neighborhoods, suburbs still clawing back from housing crash
Cook County House Price Index: Fourth Quarter 2016
This update of the Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) Cook County House Price Index highlights changing prices for single-family homes through the fourth quarter of 2016 in 16 City of Chicago submarkets and 17 submarkets primarily in suburban Cook County.
Shopping for a home? New data show it's slim pickings
Old Mortgage Alternative Makes a Controversial Resurgence
Federal regulators are investigating firms that offer contracts for deed.In Detroit in 2015, there were more contracts for deed than there were mortgages.Under these agreements, homebuyers make a down payment and monthly payments to the seller, who hangs onto the deed until the final payment is complete. Although the buyers cannot...
Cook County House Price Index: Second Quarter 2016
This update of the Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) Cook County House Price Index highlights changing prices for single-family homes through the second quarter of 2016 in 16 City of Chicago submarkets and 17 submarkets primarily in suburban Cook County.
The Uneven Housing Recovery Is More Uneven for Some
For 4 million households, the housing crisis still has a stranglehold on their lives. As prices started to plummet in 2007, many saw their home’s value sink below what they’d paid for it. Negative equity, or an “underwater” home, is what results when a house is worth less than what the homeowner owes on the mortgage....
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.
Cook County House Price Index: Fourth Quarter 2015
This update of the Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) Cook County House Price Index highlights changing prices for single-family homes through the fourth quarter of 2015 in 16 City of Chicago submarkets and 17 submarkets primarily in suburban Cook County.