Kramer made his first appearance Thursday before a county board committee in more than two months. It was a gesture toward burying the hatchet of blame associated with losing a $2.5 million contract earlier this year to house federal...

Volunteers from the Oak Park branch of U.S. Bank and union contractors who donated their time painted the walls of Woods’ home and made plumbing repairs. Woods said he’s grateful Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago chose his home for its...

In 2014, the West Dundee-based firm’s bank-owned property listings numbered 390, compared with 750 the previous year. Prices are up as a result of lower inventory, interest by smaller investors and the general housing market’s lift. “We expect the...

From January to June of this year, the Chicago area saw the lowest level of new foreclosure filings since 2007, according to recent data released by the Woodstock Institute, a research and policy organization that specializes in fair lending,...

That’s what a 45-year-old West Side woman found this past winter – and she’s been struggling ever since to get answers. The mother of three said she had no idea what to do when she learned the place she...

Those are just a few reasons why a recent report by the Woodstock Institute showing that new foreclosure filings in Maywood and other western suburbs are down significantly from this point last year may be such welcome news for...

The dramatic dip in foreclosure filings comes after "months of sustained year-over-year declines," the Woodstock Institute said in an announcement last week of the new data. In the city of Chicago, a total of 3,950 properties began the foreclosure...

The data from The Woodstock Institute, a suburban financial nonprofit research and policy organization, shows foreclosure filings — the first step in the foreclosure process — went down 37.7 percent year over year in the six-county Chicago region.  Final...