About fifteen people attended State Rep. Allen Skillicorn’s Town Hall Meeting at his Crystal Lake office Monday evening. Although advertised to run an hour, it reached the hour and a half mark before I returned home to type articles. Skillicorn … Continue reading
When I looked at the statewide map of foreclosures in last Thursday’s Chicago Tribune There was a ring from the Indiana to the Wisconsin line. It surrounded Cook, DuPage and Lake Counties. Kane, Kendall, McHenry and Will Counties had foreclosure rates … Continue reading
The Woodstock Institute, based in Chicago, has analyzed mortgage foreclosures and foreclosure auctions in the metropolitan area and released the results. The number of real estate auctions in McHenry County doubled. Most–90%–were purchased by the lender. The Woodstock Institute’s Spencer … Continue reading
A press release from Pam Althoff: Senate approves Althoff bill expediting foreclosures on abandoned homes SPRINGFIELD, IL. – Homes abandoned by their owners can now be foreclosed at a faster pace, under new legislation co-sponsored by State Sen. Pamela Althoff … Continue reading
A whole box of tears. I found them on the counter of Crystal Lake’s City Hall. A box full of legal papers foreclosing on the mortgages of local homes. I haven’t a clue why they are there for public viewing. … Continue reading
This morning the Daily Herald ran a story about how a two-bedroom Evanston condo owned by Republican congressional candidate Joe Walsh had been foreclosed upon about the time he was announcing his candidacy for Congress. I note that no reporter … Continue reading
