The Chicago 77

The Circuit Court of Cook County Reaches Out to Help Homeowners Facing Foreclosure According to a recent Chicago Sun Times article, “Foreclosure filings catapulted 66.4 percent in Cook County in August from a year earlier, according to RealtyTrac’s latest report. . . and [f]ilings in the Chicago metropolitan area spiked 36.1 percent in August from [...]

24 September 2010 – There is a training aid used for astronauts called the Vomit Comet. It is an airplane that moves on an elliptical path to simulate a weightless environment. In short, it basically moves up and down to keep the occupants in a suspended state. This is the best comparison that I can [...]

A gorgeous look at Chicago in a 3 minute time-lapse video.

17 September 2010 – This was a hectic week for mortgages, but not necessarily in the rate category. Rates once again skipped along the recent mean but generally ended the week flat. The action was actually on the lender side as demand for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refinance loans increased to a fever pitch [...]

10 September 2010 – Since last week’s use of Einstein’s quote was so well received, I thought it appropriate to begin this week’s commentary with a quote from the venerable Yogi Berra. Yogi remarked after seeing back-to-back home runs by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris that it was “déjà vous all over again.” Such was [...]

3 September 2010 – Einstein once said, “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT’S relativity.” This concept is very important to this commentary as relativity is the guiding principal from which [...]