By Jennifer T. Lacey September 30, 2011 When the property at 4845 W. Van Buren St., went into foreclosure this year, it became one more address on a growing list of abandoned properties in Austin. With its crumbling...
By Micah Maidenberg September 28, 2011 Among those who gathered yesterday at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to testify about Capital One bank’s proposed acquisition of ING: federal regulators, corporate attorneys, nonprofit developers, policy analysts, community...
By Kerry Curry September 23, 2011 Foreclosure cases are taking longer to complete in Chicago while auctions are decreasing, according to data released this week from the Woodstock Institute. The result is a 51% drop in foreclosure...
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By Mary Morrison September 22, 2011 The number of Chicago-area foreclosure completions dropped significantly in the first half of this year, but only because of delays in the process. The six-county Chicago region saw 8,515 foreclosure cases...
By Mary Ellen Podmolik September 22, 2011 More than three years into the housing crisis, the foreclosure process isn’t speeding up. It’s slowing down. In Cook County during this year’s second quarter, it took a median...
By Michell Eloy September 22, 2011 A new study says Chicago-area foreclosure cases are taking longer to process. The data, compiled by Woodstock Institute, says the median time for a house to complete foreclosure in the second...
Download the fact sheet The data show that: • The Chicago region experienced a significant decrease in foreclosure auction activity in the first six months of 2011 as compared to the first six months of 2010. In the...
Aggregated by community area, ward, suburban region, and municipality, Woodstock’s first half 2011 foreclosure update offers community stakeholders the information they need to understand the scope of the problem and measure the success of their efforts. This update also...
By Karen Harris September 19, 2011 We have all heard the catchy FreeCreditReport.com jingles on TV, but have we really stopped to think about how credit information is used and how it is dividing the country? Due mainly...