Articles tagged 'Vacant properties '

Few factors are as indicative of the strength or weakness of a neighborhood housing market as the level of long-term residential vacancy. And yet, reliable and easy-to-interpret data on residential vacancy are hard to collect and even harder to find. One reason for this is because collecting vacancy data requires...

This is the third in a series of posts discussing residential vacancy in Chicago and suburban Cook County. In the first post in this series, we examined patterns of and discussed the negative outcomes associated with long-term residential vacancy and abandonment in Chicago and in suburban Cook County. Data presented...

This is the second in a series of posts discussing long-term residential vacancy in Chicago and suburban Cook County. For the first post in this series, click here. The first post in this series, Understanding vacancy: Patterns of long-term vacancy in Cook County, discussed why a residential address may become vacant and how properties that...

This is the first in a series of posts exploring patterns of residential vacancy in the City of Chicago and in suburban Cook County. This post includes a discussion of local patterns of long-term residential vacancy, some of the negative outcomes associated with it, and establishes a context in which to better...

This analysis examines residential property sales activity in Cook County from 2005 to2011 and explores the role that cash buyers are playing in different segments of the County’s housing market. This analysis sets a baseline for future research into the importance of access to credit and the impact of investor activity on neighborhood recovery.