Tens of thousands of homeowners breathed a sigh of relief when Mayor Johnson withdrew a contentious property tax hike ...

17-Nov-24 – With Thanksgiving approaching, it looks like holiday home buying at an affordable interest rate is beginning to look like leftover microwave turkey. On November 14, Freddie Mac’s Primary ...

Rising mortgage rates threaten to freeze Chicago's housing market just as sales on the North Side show notable gains.

8-Nov-24 – Rick Bayless, whose empire includes three restaurants on Clark Street, is representing Chicago at the 14th annual Hawaii Food & Wine Festival. It is the Aloha State’s largest culinary ...

28-Oct-24 – Imagine what is transpiring on this eerie, windy, and dark Halloween eve, when Chicagoans are more aware of ghostly visions, goblins, and noises in the night. This writer asks: Is there ...

Apartment owners in Chicago’s Northwest and West Side neighborhoods are voicing their dissatisfaction with the newly enacted Northwest Side Housing Preservation Ordinance. Many believe it infringes on ...

5-Nov-24 – The City of Chicago is evaluating a new program aimed at keeping downtown pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders safe from drivers who obstruct bike lanes, bus lanes, crosswalks, ...

23-Oct-24 – The Chicago Loop Alliance’s latest report reveals encouraging metrics about downtown’s economy as it rebounded significantly during the summer months. Pedestrian and CTA ridership figures ...

21-Oct-24 – The Chicago City Council has approved $28 million in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) to convert seven floors of the high-rise at 79 West Monroe Street into 117 mixed-income residential units ...