A presidential plea for rent control, California realtors under a Justice Department magnifying glass and an unlikely viral video hit. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of July 15-19. Miss: Biden’s Rent Control...
The Chicago city government is preparing to shut down and fence off one the city’s largest and most visible homeless encampments ahead of next month’s Democratic National Convention. Chicago recorded 18,836 unhoused people in 2024, a jump from 6,139 in 2023 – the city...
The Chicago-headquartered real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL) (NYSE: JLL) has launched its inaugural commercial paper program. According to the company, up to $2.5 billion of short-term, unsecured, and unsubordinated commercial paper notes will be...
The efforts by the Chicago Bears to build a new stadium with the help of public funding has received a thumbs down in a new poll of Illinois voters, but the team is reportedly shifting gears to pursue a stadium in a Chicago suburb. A new survey commissioned by Crain’s...
Disappointing housing and personal finance data reports, an unlikely business enjoying property tax breaks and a land transfer that rights a historic wrong. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of June 17-21. Miss:...
Equifax Says Nearly 2,000 Mortgage Firms Used Its VantageScore Offer
