Chicago Illinois Real Estate Blog

The value of good farmland in several U.S. Midwestern states fell by a "dramatic" 6 percent in the first quarter, the biggest decline since 1985, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Thursday.
Falling prices for crops hurt farmland values, and the deep U.S. recession also had an impact by cutting into demand for recreational land [...]

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Sarah M. Bolm bought a one-bath home at 4847 W. Catalpa Ave. in Jefferson Park from Marie E. Piltz for $370,000 on April 9.
The 1,349-square-foot home was built in 1925.
Bolm is a director of meeting planning services at the American Bar Association in Chicago.
She attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
There were 284 sales in Jefferson Park [...]

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