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By now you’ve probably heard the one about the Dallas hospital that dropped the ball with America’s first Ebola patient. Unfortunately, it’s not a joke. The patient “was released from the...

https://lucidrealty.com/my-familys-unfortunate-experience-with-the-dallas-hospital-that-dropped-the-ebola-ball/

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Matt Johnson, CEO of Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity, about their upcoming event from May 29 – June 1 on Pioneer Plaza at the southern end of Chica...

https://lucidrealty.com/habitat-for-humanity-to-build-13-homes-on-chicagos-magnificent-mile/

Here are a couple of Chicago real estate news items I thought were interesting.     Another $100,000 knocked off the price of the Ferris Bueller home They’re still trying to sell that Ferris ...

https://lucidrealty.com/chicago-real-estate-news/

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 02, 2012 Today Lucid Realty announced the launch of their 100% real estate commission rebate program for home buyers in the Chicago real estate market. Designed to offer...

https://lucidrealty.com/lucid-realty-launches-100-commission-rebate-program-for-home-buyers-in-the-chicago-area/

Late today the National Association of Realtors’ chief economist, Lawrence Yun, announced that on December 21 the results of their periodic rebenchmarking exercise will be announced and it will...

https://lucidrealty.com/home-sales-to-be-revised-downward-so-what/

Case Shiller just released their August home price data for Chicago and, after falling to a 10 year low in April, Chicago single family home prices have now rebounded 4 months in a row, rising a ...

https://lucidrealty.com/4th-month-of-home-price-increases-in-chicago/

It looks like Rosie O’Donnell closed on her Lake View home at 1517 W Grace on Monday. It only took 2 weeks to close as it was an all cash deal – no surprise. It was also a dual agency deal â€...

https://lucidrealty.com/rosie-odonnell-closes-on-lake-view-home-for-2-25-mm-cash/

It seems like everyone was trying to get to the July Case Shiller home price index numbers at the same time this morning. They were released at 8 AM Central time but the site was slammed for the ...

https://lucidrealty.com/chicago-home-prices-continue-to-increase-in-july/

When Obama delivered his jobs speech about a week ago he dropped a hint about a proposed program to work with federal agencies to help responsible, underwater homeowners refinance their mortgages...

https://lucidrealty.com/government-looking-to-steal-money-from-investors-for-homeowner-handouts/

Despite the fact that RealtyTrac just released their August Foreclosure Market Report showing a 24% increase in foreclosure activity in Chicago from July it’s probably not as bad as it seems. A...

https://lucidrealty.com/24-increase-in-chicago-foreclosures/