October 4th, 2009 by roostblog in Local Market Insight
The ongoing Blagojevich saga shifted to a reality show this month when Patti Blago joined NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!” show. Her hubby was the original contestant, but the judge would not release him to go to Costa Rica, the location of the filming.
Until the show, she was only known as wife of a previous defrocked governor.
Okay, if you’re not gonna say, I am. She’s got some talent, man. Am I gonna [...]
September 28th, 2009 by roostblog in Industry News, Local Market Insight
In attempts to compete with large lenders, many small- to mid-sized companies are incorporating innovative technology to remain relevant in the industry. Based in Chicago with branches in Wisconsin, Texas, Florida, California and Arizona, Chicago Bancorp is one of those companies.
Recently given a distinguished honor by Mortgage Technology Magazine, the independent mortgage banker was ranked among the magazine’s 2009 Top 25 Tech-Savvy Lenders. The magazine noted that Chicago Bancorp reduced its loan turnaround by 40% simply by using technology.
Chicago Bancorp [...]
September 11th, 2009 by roostblog in Homes for Sale, Local Market Insight
Awarded a $700,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation, the Greencorps Chicago program will put around 50 people to work for at least nine months. The U.S. Conference of Mayors selected the city’s program for the grant..
Not exactly stimulus dollars and no long-term jobs, but, hey, we’ll take money to put more people to work and get them trained in the process. Chicago currently has a 9.3 percent unemployment rate, up 3.8 percent from this time last year. What does that [...]
September 7th, 2009 by roostblog in Homes for Sale, Local Market Insight
That’s right, folks, Chicago Police Department (CPD) reported lower crime statistics that can make all the city’s citizens proud. Although 2008 ended with an upswing of violent crime, data from the first six months of this year indicate that homicides dropped by 13.1 percent.
Based on preliminary data recently released by Chicago Police, the first half of this year revealed 199 homicides versus the 229 for the same time period last year. Last year’s statistics indicated higher violent crime, but with [...]
August 25th, 2009 by roostblog in Local Market Insight
That’s right, folks, Chicago Police Department (CPD) reported lower crime statistics that can make all the city’s citizens proud. Although 2008 ended with an upswing of violent crime, data from the first six months of this year indicate that homicides dropped by 13.1 percent.
Based on data released by Chicago Police, the first half of this year revealed 199 homicides versus the 229 for the same time period last year. Last year’s statistics indicated higher violent crime, but with [...]
February 27th, 2009 by roostblog in Real Estate
We’re starting a new feature here on A Bird’s Eye View called “FunHouse Friday” that we hope you will get a kick out of. The premise is fairly simple. Every Friday we will scour three cities on Roost to find some of the most unusual and over-the-top properties for sale. Now don’t always expect for us to always highlight the most expensive homes on the market, but these will definitely not be track homes.
For our kick off post, we have chosen to [...]
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