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Chicago’s South Side Real Estate Market is Hot!

Posted on May 8, 2022 by johnr1note

ABC News in Chicago reported on May 7, 2022 that “an analysis of property values reveals new insight about the real estate market on Chicago’s South Side, which is also home to some of the city’s largest new development plans.” Apparently, the real estate market on Chicago’s south side can be summed up in one… Continue reading

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Steep Rise in Home Utility Bills

Posted on April 19, 2022 by johnr1note

Home utility bills have been increasing for many consumers as more people spend more time at home. Extreme weather events also seemed to contributed to higher utility bills in 2021. In 2020, median household electricity usage rose by 8.2 percent year-over-year, and only declined slightly in 2021. Between April and October, the period of peak… Continue reading

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Inflation Like You’ve Never Seen

Posted on April 13, 2022 by johnr1note

Well, at least like a lot of people have never seen. If forty years make a generation, then anybody under the age of 42 or 43 has never experienced inflation this high. The Labor Department has issued a report that US consumer prices soared 8.5% in March, 2022 from a year earlier for the fastest… Continue reading

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Home Values Keep On Climbing

Posted on April 10, 2022 by johnr1note

After 2021 marked the largest home price gains on record, home prices seem poised to continue to grow in 2022. In 2021, the median sales price for a home rose to $346,900, up 17 percent from one year earlier, a gain of $50,200 for the average homeowner in just one year. Many economists cite this… Continue reading

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How has the Pandemic Impacted Moving Trends?

Posted on April 3, 2022 by johnr1note

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a game-changer for interstate migration. MoveBuddha (an internet based company that advertises it helps coordinate cross-country moving services) conducted a study of over 400,000 relocation queries in 2021 to uncover Americans’ patterns for moving. Another company connected to helping people relocate, United Van Lines, did a survey of their own,… Continue reading

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  • Chicago’s South Side Real Estate Market is Hot!
  • Steep Rise in Home Utility Bills
  • Inflation Like You’ve Never Seen
  • Home Values Keep On Climbing
  • How has the Pandemic Impacted Moving Trends?

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