housing

I find it a bit ironic (and sad) that few states in America have more people that live alone than Illinois. So many people, yet so many that live by themselves and that's a cause for concern.

This is more than a bit unexpected. If you had to find the hottest housing markets in America are, where would you look? Look no further than Illinois that has 2 of the top 30 housing markets in America and neither is near Chicago either.

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Some newly released numbers show that Rockford's housing market is not only ahead of the rest of Illinois, but the nation as a whole.

Nathan Bryant, President and CEO of the Rockford Area Economic Development Council joined the WROK Morning Show this morning to fill us in on some really positive economic news for the Rockford area.

The good news is you can get a home for less than $10,000 in Rockord. Unfortunately, you're going to have some cleaning to do before you unpack your boxes. Actually, you probably want to ask some friends to help you too.

Look around at enough news stories, and you'll probably see several that are very optimistic about the overall health of our nation's real estate markets. That may be true in some areas, but here in the stateline, we're not there yet.

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Plans for an affordable housing development on Rockford's East side appear to have been shelved, at least for the moment.

Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey was in the WROK studio Thursday morning for his monthly "Ask The Mayor" show, and, as expected, the proposed affordable housing development on the city's East side was the major topic of conversation. Here's a recap of what you might have missed...