YES! CHICAGO IS #1… oh wait a second…

March 5, 2008

…Under the deal, the county portion of the sales tax increases from 0.75 percent to 1.75 percent in November…Chicago’s overall sales tax will stand at 10.25 percent, the highest of any major U.S. city. In suburban Cook, the sales tax would be a minimum of 9 percent. By comparison, the rates in New York and Los Angeles are below 8.5 percent.

Cook County Budget Passes

DuPage retailers, here I come!

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Not sure what to think about this

March 4, 2008

Strange? Yes.
Weird? Yes.
Kinda Cool? Yes.
Distrubing? Yes.

Help me make up my mind.

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Existing home sales hit 9-year low

March 1, 2008

The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of single-family homes and condominiums dropped by four-tenths of one percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million units. That was the slowest sales pace on record going back to 1999.

The median price of a home sold in January slid to $201,100, a drop of 4.6 percent from a year ago. It was the fifth straight monthly price decline and underscored the continued pressure facing housing, which is struggling to emerge from its worst slump in a quarter-century.

Great time to buy a home!

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