Bubbles Like Rapidly Poured Soda (The Housing Bubble)

The Cost of Foreclosures (Barber Shop Show)

Chicago renters may not have to fight to get back security deposit (WBEZ Morning Shift)

Banks bid farewell to payday loans (Daytona Times)

‘Zombie’ properties haunt Chicago area housing recovery (Medill Reports Chicago)

Lack of single-family home investment concerns Round Lake Beach officials (Daily Herald)

Banks Bid Farewell to Payday Loans (The Times Weekly)

The cure to zombie foreclosures (Housing Wire)

Unresolved foreclosure cases pile up in Cook County (Chicago Tribune)

From the President: New Year, New Leadership in Key Positions

Real Estate Markets in Illinois and Chicago Remain in Crisis (NBC Chicago)

Woodstock’s Top 12 Accomplishments for 2013

Reminder–NCRC Conference Early Bird Registration Ends This Friday!

Our Most Powerful Weapon Against Wall Street? The Rise of Reverse Eminent Domain (AlterNet)

Mel Watt confirmed as FHFA director (RealEstateRama)

Student Loan Bill of Rights: A Call to Arms? (Main Street)

From the President: Considering Scarcity

Wealthy burbs burdened by vacant homes, too (Crain’s Chicago Business)

The Challenges to Homeownership in America (Center for American Progress)

New funds available for revitalizing vacant homes