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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel arrives at a town hall meeting on the city budget in Chicago

Chicago approves Emanuel’s property tax increase

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s $7.8 billion fiscal 2016 budget and a historic property tax increase to pay for public safety worker pensions easily cleared the city council on Wednesday. However, the plan for the fiscal year that begins on Jan. 1 still faces uncertainties in the Illinois Legislature and supreme […]

Attorney General Lisa Madigan joins country in probing mortgage cos.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with her counterparts in the rest of the country and the District of Columbia, have launched a joint investigation into allegations that mortgage companies mishandled documents and broke laws in foreclosing on hundreds of thousands of homeowners.

Freeing Foreclosures

Current sellers may benefit in the short-term from fewer foreclosures on the market, which account for large percentage of transactions currently. RealtyTrac estimates that distressed sales account for a third of the residential real estate market, and depressing home prices by about 26%. Originally published at https://realtyevolved.net by Sherwin Sucaldito.

Reform and Protection

In mid-July, President Obama signed sweeping financial services reform into law. The 2,300-page law creates an oversight agency for financial services companies and a consumer financial protection bureau. Originally published at https://realtyevolved.net by Sherwin Sucaldito.