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    COVID-19: What Happens to the Economy When the PPP Runs Out of Money?

COVID-19: What Happens to the Economy When the PPP Runs Out of Money?

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-07-27T09:45:23-05:00 July 24th, 2020|

What happens to the economy when the PPP runs out of money? This reader wants to know how another rise in unemployment will impact the economy. Q: I tried to call in to WGN radio when Ilyce was on a couple of weeks ago. Do you think unemployment will skyrocket when the Paycheck Protection Program [...]

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    COVID-19 Housing Impact: Which Homeowners Are Most Vulnerable?

COVID-19 Housing Impact: Which Homeowners Are Most Vulnerable?

By Liz Stevens| 2020-07-16T12:14:50-05:00 July 16th, 2020|

COVID-19 housing impact: which homeowners are most vulnerable? New research spotlights housing markets that are most at-risk in the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on many parts of the economy: Mortgage interest rates hit an all-time low last week (a 30-year fixed-rate loan can be had for an average of 2.98 percent) [...]

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    How Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Impact the Spring Market?

How Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Impact the Spring Market?

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-05-12T12:04:18-05:00 May 12th, 2020|

How will the coronavirus pandemic impact the spring market? Unemployment claims, mortgage rates and home buying activity in the spring of 2020.  It’s been another week of dreadful news about the economic repercussions of the COVID pandemic. And, while there have been slight improvements here or there, it’s all pretty dark. How Will the Coronavirus [...]

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    Coronavirus Real Estate Market Impact 2020

Coronavirus Real Estate Market Impact 2020

By Liz Stevens| 2020-04-23T09:11:41-05:00 April 23rd, 2020|

Coronavirus real estate market impact 2020. A new report takes a look at the stability of home prices and home sales in the U.S. after pandemics. Mortgage rates are nearing an all-time low and refinance activity is high, but home sales have slowed due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by Freddie Mac.  [...]

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    Real Estate Closings and COVID-19

Real Estate Closings and COVID-19

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-04-14T11:51:01-05:00 April 10th, 2020|

Real estate closings and COVID-19. Electronic signatures and remote online notaries could assist with closings during the coronavirus pandemic if the system adapts. Q: I’m in the process of closing on the sale of a home. I was able to do all the document review electronically, but as the settlement approaches (in a few days), [...]

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    Coronavirus 2020: Home Buying, Selling and the Real Estate Market

Coronavirus 2020: Home Buying, Selling and the Real Estate Market

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-04-03T12:44:21-05:00 April 3rd, 2020|

  Coronavirus 2020: home buying, selling and the real estate market. Answering reader questions about how COVID-19 will impact the housing market. In the past few weeks, we have begun to receive questions about COVID-19 and how the coronavirus pandemic has affected local real estate markets. Many buyers and sellers are worried about making a [...]

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    How Will the Coronavirus Impact the Real Estate Market?

How Will the Coronavirus Impact the Real Estate Market?

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-03-20T14:34:38-05:00 March 20th, 2020|

How will the coronavirus impact the real estate market? How will COVID-19 impact home buying, selling, real estate closings and the housing market?  We’re only getting one question this week although it comes in many forms: How will the coronavirus, COVID-19, impact the real estate market?  At this point, buyers are still buying homes and [...]

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    Cannabis Legalization and Real Estate: What Happens to Property Values?

Cannabis Legalization and Real Estate: What Happens to Property Values?

By Liz Stevens| 2020-02-26T11:10:00-06:00 February 20th, 2020|

Cannabis legalization and real estate: what happens to property values? How has recreational cannabis legalization impacted the real estate market? This year, Illinois joined 10 other states and Washington, D.C., in legalizing recreational cannabis use.  Nearly $3.2 million of marijuana and cannabis products were sold on January 1st in Illinois, and there are still dispensaries [...]

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    Buying vs Renting a Home in 2020

Buying vs Renting a Home in 2020

By Liz Stevens| 2020-02-19T11:17:50-06:00 February 13th, 2020|

Buying vs renting a home in 2020. Insights from Rick Sharga answer whether it is better to rent or buy a home in 50 U.S. metropolitan areas. This article has been updated to clarify that median home prices and median home payments listed are for homes in the 25th quartile. More than 80 percent of [...]

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    Is the Real Estate Market Slowing Down?

Is the Real Estate Market Slowing Down?

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-08-29T11:58:20-05:00 August 30th, 2019|

Is the real estate market slowing down? What's happening with the housing market and what happens when the real estate market turns from hot to cold. Recently, we came across a headline in a local Chicago news outlet about an expensive home that had been for sale for a while: “Spec House Sells For Two-Thirds [...]

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