Homebuilders caught between boomers, millennials
The U.S. housing industry is being pulled in two directions. Baby boomers with big housing bucks to spend still rank at the top of many builders' customer lists. But rising...
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Smelly business
Okay Chicagoans! Which do you prefer? A. Aroma of chocolate from the Blommer Chocolate Co. B. Stench coming out of Washington these days.
Traffic dangers
I fully support the city's decision to crack down on jaywalking. These scofflaws pose a threat to drivers and other pedestrians as well as themselves. It is my hope that...
Lenders say fears worsen about bubble for housing
The great bubble debate continues. Is there or is there not a price bubble in the U.S. housing market? Almost 60 percent of lenders think there is. That's according to...
Economic revival pressures rates
The early rebound in the U.S. economy is putting a bite on home buyers with an increase in mortgage rates. Home loan costs have gone up only slightly from recent...
CYBER BOOM
With five bedrooms and seven baths, the pink house on Highland Park's Euclid Avenue isn't the biggest in the Dallas neighborhood. What sets apart the 10,500-square-foot, Mediterranean-style mansion isn't the...
NEW YORKER’S FATE
William Pfaff's "The decline of The New Yorker" (Op-Ed, March 10) presents a highly misleading picture of the magazine under its former owners, the Fleischmanns, and its editor, William Shawn....